Himesh Reshammiya is the son of Gujurati music director Vipin Reshammiya .His mother 's name is Madhu. Himesh lost his elder brother at the age of 11 and he decided to take up music as his career after the incident, to fulfill his father's wishes. He did his schooling at Hill Grange School in Peddar Road area, Mumbai. Himesh started his career with a production house which aired quite a few TV soaps on Doordarshan Ahmedabad and Zee TV at the age of mere 16. Himesh Reshammiya avoided speaking about his personal life in media until July 2007, when in the talk show "Koffee with Karan", he revealed that he is married to Komal, and they have a 10 year old son named "Swayam".

His debut as music director was for the film Bandhan (1998), in which he collaborated with Anand Raj Anand to produce the musical score. Himesh Reshammiya was first noticed in Bollywood for his work in the film Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998). He befriended Salman Khan, the lead of the movie and composed music for several Salman starrers thereon. The movies include Hello Brother, Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge, Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye, Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha and Kyon Ki. The most successful albums of the Salman-Himesh association were Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, Kyon Ki and Tere Naam.

Reshammiya has developed his own unique style of composition, based on pop and techno beats, with a lot of English words thrown in. His most popular albums so far have been Tere Naam and Aashiq Banaya Aapne. Following Aashiq Banaya Aapne, he scored music for a bunch of Emraan Hashmi films like Aksar, Dil Diya Hai and the most recent Good Boy, Bad Boy. Jhalak Dikhlaja and Soniye from Aksar have been two of his biggest hits. Also, the song from Tom, Dick, and Harry, viz. Jara Jhoom became a huge hit. Himesh Reshammiya is considered a major music director in Bollywood. His peppy tunes cater mostly to the youth and the multiplex crowd, but he has also shown versatility, focusing on a more classical style for films such as Banaras: A Mystic Love Story and semi-classical tunes in Tere Naam. His music was aggressively marketed and almost all the tracks from his private album, Aap Ka Surroor, were made into music videos. In 2007, Himesh has created hits in albums like Red, the chart-busting Namastey London, Shakalaka Boom Boom, Fool N Final, Apne and one of his best works, Aap Kaa Surroor - The Moviee. Reshammiya has also shifted his focus to his acting career. Adding to a total of over 38 hits in his debut year He won a Filmfare Award in 2005 for Best Male Playback Singer in his debut as a singer(for the title song of Aashiq Banaya Aapne), becoming the first music composer to achieve this feat. Most of his success as a singer is the effort of his own passion and the people who believes in his nope songs of his own compositions as a music director. . Reshammiya has also released a solo music album entitled Aap Ka Suroor which became extremely popular. He has made it clear, however, that he still plans to put most of his effort in Hindi films.

In October 2006, Reshammiya became the first Indian to perform at the Wembley Stadium in London. Himesh Reshammiya scored the music and made his acting debut in Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story, which released on June 29, 2007 and had an 80% box office opening. The film proved to be a semi hit.

Fashion statement Himesh Reshammiya's trademark style includes a baseball cap, stubble reminiscent of George Michael, form-fitting jeans, and a belt with an oversized buckle. His style of handling the microphone with the bottom facing upwards, and the black trenchcoat that he wears in concerts are consistent elements of his style along with a piercing on his left ear.

Criticism and controversies In spite of his popularity, Himesh Reshammiya has been the target of criticism. In the past, his critics had suggested that success has gone to his head, and that he had signed on films indiscriminately. His nasal twang has been criticized by many. Reshammiya initially defended himself saying that his voice is not nasal, but "high-pitched singing". Later, in an interview with The Times of India, he said [n his debut film as an actor, Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story, Reshammiya added a song Tanhaiyaan from Boney Kapoor's proposed film Milenge Milenge.[9] Initially, Reshammiya had composed the song for Kapoo"I accept I'm a nasal singer."  Himesh remarked that Mukesh, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and R D Burman had a nasal style of singing. He also claimed that he had thirty-six hits in a year, and none of the above mentioned artists "ever gave the same number of hits in a year" He said this in response to allegations that all his songs are nasal-based. The remark invited the wrath of late R D Burman's wife, Asha Bhosle. Later, Himesh clarified that his intention was not to insult R D Burman and apologized several times to Asha Bhosle..