A. R. Rahman Trivias

He is thought to have sold 100 million records world-wide, and sold over 200 million cassettes.

Rights for his album Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) are reported to have been sold for a sum of Rs.22 million.

Referred to in the Daily Telegraph as the "Asian Mozart".

Also known as the John Williams of the Indian Film Industry.On August 15, 1997, he released an album called "Vande Mataram," on Columbia/SME Records, to commemorate 50 years of Indian independence. A tribute to the motherland, it featured songs for each of the Indian flag colors. The album was released simultaneously across the world in 28 countries, and Rahman himself performed in New Delhi to a packed audience including the honorable Indian Prime Minister. Over 1.2 million copies were sold in India alone.

He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (The Hilton Award) for Best New Musical of 2002, "Bombay Dreams," performed at the Apollo Theatre, West End, London, and on Broadway in New York City.Studied Western classical music as a student at Oxford University in the UK.