Jyoti Magar signed up with a Kathmandu-based
record company and recorded her first album in
2006. A music video was also produced, but the
company later decided not to release the
album, possibly due to risks involved in
producing an album of a new singer en masse.

Magar’s second and third albums Maya Sanga
(with love) and Ui Mulako Sinki Ui Mulako
Chana became instant hits all over Nepal and
among Nepali diaspora abroad. As of 2015, she
has produced more than half a dozen albums,
giving voice to nearly 30 Nepali folk songs.
Jyoti Magar normally writes and composes her
music herself. She also appears as a model in
her music videos. Some of her famous songs
include Piratima Dam Chha and Jimmal Bauki
Chhori.