Name
|
Language of the Songs
Career Duration
Awards and Recognitions Received
|
1) Lata Mangeshkar
| Hindi, Marathi, Bengali,Oriya and Tamil 1941-current Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Dada Saheb Phalke Award, 3 National Awards, 6 Filmfare Awards, 2 Maharashtra State Awards Sister of Usha Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. Guinness Book of World Records holder for having made the most recordings in the world. (30,000 songs between 1948 and 1987, according to 1987 edition). |
2) Asha Bhosle | Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, English, Russian, Czech, Nepali, Malay, Malayalam, Konkani, Oriya and other languages 1943-present Padma Vibhushan, 2 National Awards, 7 Filmfare Award (plus Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award), 2 MTV Awards, Dadasaheb Phalke Award Wife of R. D. Burman and younger sister of Lata Mangeshkar |
3) Alka Yagnik | Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Oriya, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese 1979-present 2 National Awards, 7 Filmfare Awards, 2 IIFA Awards, 4 Bollwood Movie Awards, 1 BJFA Award, 1 Sansui Award, 3 Zee Cine Awards, 3 Star Screen Awards, 1 MTV Award, BBC- Asia Pacific Nomination Playback singer for over 550 films, and has approximately 15,000 songs to her credit. |
4) K S Chitra | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Bengali, English, Russian, German, Arabic, Tulu, Sinhalese. 1983-present Padma Shri, 6 National Awards, 15 Kerala State Awards, 7 Andhra Pradesh State Awards, 4 Tamil Nadu State Awards, 3 Karnataka State Awards,4 FilmFare Awards From south,Tamilnadu government Kalaimamani Award |
5) Kavita Subramaniam (Kavita Krishnamurthy) | Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Oriya 1980-current Padma Shri, 4 Filmfare Awards,Yesudas Award, Priyadarshini Award, Kishore Kumar Award, 2 Bollywood Awards, 2 Zee Cine Awards, 1 Star Screen Award Along with Alka Yagnik regarded as one of the most successful singers of 1990s and 2000s. |
6) P. Susheela | Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Marathi, Sinhalese, Tulu, Sanskrit. 1951-present Padma Bhushan, 5 National Awards, 7 Andhra Pradesh State Awards, 3 Tamil Nadu State Awards, 2 Kerala State Awards, Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, Doctorate from Andhra university |
7) S. Janaki | Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Oriya. 1957-Present 5 National Awards, 14 Kerala State Awards, 10 Andhra Pradesh State Awards, 7 Tamil Nadu State Awards,Doctorate from mysore university. |
8) Shreya Ghoshal | Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Urdu 2002-present 4 National Awards, 4 Filmfare Awards, 2 Filmfare South Award, 3 Zee Cine Awards, 4 IIFA Awards, 1 Tamil Nadu state awardone of the most talented and successfull singers in present generation, most preferred singer . |
9) Vani Jayaram | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Oriya, Urdu 1971-1993 3 National Awards Posed a big challenge for Lata mangeshkar in 1971 after singing in Guddi but eventually shifted base to the South. |
10) Sadhana Sargam | Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi, Oriya and Urdu 1981-present 1 National Award, 2 Maharashtra State Awards, 3 Filmfare South Awards, 1 Zee Cine AwardOne of the most rated singers of her time. |
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Top 10 Bollywood Female Singers, Best Indian Female Singers, Top India Women Singers
RELATED POSTS
Subscribe to:
Post Comments
(
Atom
)
5 comments :
Your account was wrong, Mangeshgar once held the record for most songs recorded however, SP.Balasubramaniyam surpassed her number latter on. Current Guinness record is held by KJ.Yesudas with over 40,000 songs
Thanks for the Posting. Here in this article though I was talking of female singers and that's why lata mangeshkar. But your findings are informative. Pl Keep posting.
add my favourite singer sunidi chauvan too i luv shreya n sunidhi both they must b on the 1st rank in modern singers
ks chithra is best of all post her first.kehna nee kya....whoo what a beautiful song
I have been visiting various blogs for top 10 female Indian singers. I have found your blog to be quite useful. Keep updating your blog with valuable information... Regards
Post a Comment