This was the largest amount paid to a song artist in Bollywood to date, making Singh one of the highest-paid musical artists in Bollywood. Singh charged Rs. 7 million for a song in the film Mastan.

His debut song in Bollywood films was Shakal Pe Mat Ja, featuring Gagan Sidhu.

'High Heels', in collaboration with Jaz Dhami, took the fourth spot. His song 'Brown Rang' made it to the top spot. He earned two places on YouTube's list of top 10 trending videos of 2012. Singh topped the chart of trending videos of 2012. It has been reported that he was paid the highest fee ever for a Bollywood song (as of 2012) of ₹7 million (US$93,000) for a song in the films Cocktail and Mastan. The song was released as a promotional track for Diljit Dosanjh's film Lion of Punjab. 1 in the BBC Asian Download Charts in May 2011. Singh and Diljit Dosanjh's song ' Lak 28 Kudi Da' reached No. He has performed at many college festivals, including Ansal Institute of Technology and Ramjas College, Delhi. The track 'Gabru' from the album, featuring singer J-Star, topped the Asian music charts, including the official BBC Asian charts.

The Punjabi album International Villager was released on 11 November 2011. Singh prefers to sing in Hindi and his native language Punjabi rather than English. Singh then moved to England from India to attend School of Trinity in London, he graduated with a degree in music. His family moved to Delhi in his childhood and he graduated Highschool from Guru Nanak Public School in the Pitampura neighbourhood of Punjabi Bagh, North West Delhi. Hirdesh Singh was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India on 15 March 1983 into a Punjabi Jatt Sikh family to parents Sardaar Sarabjit Singh and Bhupinder Kaur.

Lungi dance song remix