In a career spanning over a decade, Rahman, by 2003, had sold more than one hundred million records of his film scores and soundtracks world-wide, and sold over 200 million cassettes making him one of the world's top 10 all-time top selling recording artists; he is one of the only Asian on the list alongside Freddie Mercury. His first venture was Malayalam movie "YODHA" which was before "ROJA". His soundtrack, "Roja" turned out to be the world's 10th best soundtrack ever, as rated by Time Magazine, USA. He will compose two Mongolian songs one Japanese song for his upcoming Malayalam/Japanese multi-Lingual movie Nairsaan starring Jackie Chan & Mohanlal & also traditional songs.
