Indian singer A. R. Rahman seems pleased that his voice is in the same range as Michael Jackson. And he seems to be following in Michael’s footsteps in more ways than one.

“My voice and Michael Jackson’s have the same range, which is higher than the normal male voice, hence the impression,” Rahman said at the launch of his first English album ‘Pray For Me, Brother.’

The accompanying new video has shades of ‘Earth Song.’

The video was shot on the ‘mobile cinemascope format’ and will be available exclusively on Nokia ‘N’ series music phones prior to being released to television.

‘Pray For Me’ was originally an anti - poverty anthem for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. “We thought that the song deserved a great album and Nokia came forward to fund and also release it on its phones,” Rahman said.

Funds generated from the new English album will go to Rahman’s charity “The AR Rahman Foundation.”

Source: The Hindu Times, MJFC