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Raghav Mathur (born April 2, 1981), professionally known as Raghav, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He has released three studio albums: Storyteller (2004), Identity (2009), and The Phoenix (2012).
In the 2010s, he released singles including "So Much", "Fire", "Top of the World", "Woohoo", and "Until the Sun Comes Up".
In 2009, Raghav signed a recording contract with Universal Music India and subsequently released his second album Identity. The album was exclusively released in India. The lead single, "My Kinda Girl" was released as a downloadable track from his website and featured hip hop musician Redman. The album also featured a tribute song called "Quincy Jones" which was dedicated to the American record producer Quincy Jones.
The next year, Raghav signed his first North American record deal with Canadian label Cordova Bay Records and released his third album The Phoenix. The first single from the album was the Labrinth-produced "So Much", which was commercially released in Canada and features Kardinal Offishall. The song was nominated for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year" at the 2011 Canadian Juno Awards. The song was released in conjunction with a Hindi song entitled "Kya Se Kya Ho Gaya" which featured a sample from the song "Hold Yuh" by Gyptian. The second single off the album called "Fire", was commercially released in Canada and peaked at number 38 on the Canadian Billboard Hot 100. He performed his song, "Top of the World" on Breakfast Television on March 22, 2012.
In September 2012, Raghav was signed to Ultra Records in New York City. Ultra released Raghav's single "Fire" in the US and worldwide in January 2013.
In 2015, he released "Until the Sun Comes Up" featuring Indian film actor and playback singer Abhishek Bachchan and US artist Nelly. In 2016, he released the single "Do You Like", produced by UK producer Steel Banglez and featuring Moelogo.
In September 2018, Raghav announced he had partnered up with JioSaavn to release "Maayera" on their Artist Originals platform. It has exceeded 10 million streams globally and spent 15 consecutive weeks in the top 15 of the streaming charts in India. They collaborated again in the year 2020 and released a single called "Sufi".
| +List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:9em;" | Album Title ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions |
| 2004 | Storyteller | — | 36 |
| 2009 | Identity | — | — |
| 2012 | The Phoenix | — | — |
| +List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Single Title ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| 2004 | "Can't Get Enough" (feat. Iceberg Slimm) | — | 10 | Storyteller |
| "Let's Work It Out" (with Jahaziel) | — | 11 | ||
| 2005 | "Angel Eyes" (feat. Jucxi & Frankey Maxx) | — | 7 | |
| 2008 | "My Kinda Girl" (feat. Redman) | — | — | Identity |
| "Humrahee" | — | — | ||
| 2010 | "So Much" (feat. Kardinal Offishall) | 93 | — | The Phoenix |
| "Kya Se Kya Ho Gaya" | — | — | ||
| 2011 | "Fire" | 38 | — | |
| 2012 | "Top of the World" | 82 | — | |
| 2014 | "Woohoo" | 76 | — | Non-album release |
| "Take Me Away" | — | — | ||
| 2015 | "Until the Sun Comes Up" (feat. Abhishek Bachchan & Nelly) | — | — | |
| 2018 | "Maayera" | — | — | |
| 2020 | "Sufi" | — | — | |
| 2023 | "Desperado" (feat. Tesher) | — | — |
| +List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Single Title ! scope="col" colspan="5" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album | |||
| 2003 | "So Confused" (2Play feat. Raghav and Jucxi) | — | — | — | — | 6 | Storyteller |
| 2004 | "It Can't Be Right" (2Play feat. Raghav and Naila Boss) | — | — | — | — | 8 | |
| 2013 | "One More Round" (Michael Mind Project feat. Tom E and Raghav) | — | 53 | 80 | 40 | — | |
| 2011 | "Hey Na Na Shabana" | Solo | Hum Tum Shabana | Sachin–Jigar |
| 2012 | "Ishq Shava" | Shilpa Rao | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | A. R. Rahman |
| 2014 | "Aaya Khwaab Ka Mausam" | Solo | Kochadaiiyaan | |
| "Mawali Qawwali" | Tanvi Shah | Lekar Hum Deewana Dil | ||
| 2024 | "Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (Title Track)" | Asees Kaur | Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya | Tanishk Bagchi |
| "Killer Killer" | Murder Mubarak | Sachin-Jigar |
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