List of 10 All time famous singers of Bollywood

1.  Kishore Kumar:

Kishore Kumar (born Abhas Kumar Ganguly 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He was one of the most popular singers in the Indian film industry and from soft numbers to peppy tracks to romantic moods, Kumar sang in different genres but some of his rare compositions which were considered classics were lost in time. According to Ashok Kumar, Kumar's success came because his voice hit the microphone straight at its most sensitive point. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of Indian music.

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2. Rafi:

Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and musician. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent.[5][6] Rafi was notable for his versatility and range of voice; his songs varied from fast peppy numbers to patriotic songs, sad numbers to highly romantic songs, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans to classical songs.[7] He was known for his ability to mould his voice to the persona and style of the actor lip-syncing the song on screen in the movie.[8] He received six Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. In 1967, he was honored with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India. In 2001, Rafi was honoured with the "Best Singer of the Millennium" title by Hero Honda and Stardust magazine. In 2013, Rafi was voted for the Greatest Voice in Hindi Cinema in the CNN-IBN's poll.[9]

He recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and in many Indian languages as well as some foreign languages, though primarily in Urdu and Punjabi, over which he had a strong command. He recorded as many as 7,000 songs throughout his career, spanning several languages and dialects such as Konkani, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Odia, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Magahi, Maithili, etc. Apart from Indian languages, he also sang in some foreign languages, including English, Farsi, Arabic, Sinhala, Mauritian Creole, and Dutch.[10]
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3. Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar ([ləˈtaː məŋˈɡeːʃkər] (listen)) (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022)[7] was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers in India.[8][9] Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning seven decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody", "Nightingale of India", and "Voice of the Millennium".[10]

Lata recorded songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and a few foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi, Hindi, and Bengali.[10] Her foreign languages included English, Russian, Dutch, Nepali and Swahili.[11] She received several accolades and honors throughout her career. In 1989, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was bestowed on her by the Government of India.[12] In 2001, in recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour; she is only the second female singer, after M. S. Subbulakshmi, to receive this honour.[13] France conferred on her its highest civilian award, Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, in 2007.[14]

She was the recipient of three National Film Awards, 15 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards, two Filmfare Special Awards, the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and many more. In 1974, she was one of the first Indian playback singers to perform at Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. Her last recorded song was "Saugandh Mujhe Is Mitti ki" released on 30 March 2019 as a tribute to the Indian Army and the Nation.[15]

At one point, she appeared in the Guinness World Records which listed her as the most recorded artist in history between 1948 and 1987.[16]
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4. Asha Bhosale

Asha Bhosle[8] (Marathi pronunciation: [aːʃaː bʱoːsle]; née Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the media as one of the most influential and successful singers in Hindi Cinema. In her career spanning over eight decades she has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and received several accolades including two National Film Awards, four BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a record seven Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer[note 1], in addition to two Grammy nominations. In 2000, she was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 2008, she was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour of the country. Additionally she holds the Guinness World Record for the most studio recordings - singles.[9]

Bhosle is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar and belongs to the prominent Mangeshkar family. Renowned for her soprano voice range[10] and often credited for her versatility,[11][12][13] Bhosle's work includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, and Rabindra Sangeet. Apart from Hindi, she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages.[14] In 2013, she made her debut as an actress in the film Mai, and received critical acclaim for her performance. In 2006, Bhosle stated that she has recorded over twelve thousand songs in her career.[15] a figure repeated by several other sources.[14][16]
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    5. Udit Narayan

    Udit Narayan (born 1 December 1955)[1] is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Bollywood movies of Hindi language. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali, Odia,[4] Bhojpuri, Nepali, Malayalam, and Assamese.[5] He has won 4 National Film Awards[6] and 5 Filmfare Awards with 20 nominations among many others. He got to sing with Mohammed Rafi in his Bollywood Playback debut in movie Unees-Bees in 1980 and also with Kishore Kumar in the 1980s. He finally made his mark in 1988 movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak starring Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla, his song "Papa Kehte Hain" was his notable performance which earned him his first Filmfare Award in the 1980s and he established himself in Bollywood Playback Singing. He is the only male singer in the history of the Filmfare Awards to have won in over three decades (the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s).[5]

    After the success of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak with more than 8 million sales, the soundtrack became one of the highest selling albums in the 1980s. The soundtrack was a breakthrough for the careers of Anand–Milind,[7] as well as T-Series, one of India's leading record labels.[8] after which he was one of the favourites of music directors. In the 1990s he sung for a thousands of songs including Hindi and Nepali languages. Recognising his contribution, King of Nepal Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev awarded him with the Prabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu in 2001 after which for his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009,[9] and in 2016 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.[10] and Chitragupta Cineyatra Samman 2015 for his contribution to Bhojpuri cinema.[11] As many as 21 of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time".[12]
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    6. Kumar Sanu

    Kedarnath Bhattacharaya (born 20 October 1957), better known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer. He is known as the King of Melody in Bollywood. His voice and singing style are heavily influenced by singer Kishore Kumar.[4] He is famous for singing thousands of Bollywood Hindi songs. Apart from Hindi, he has also sang in other languages including Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia,[5] Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali, both in West Bengal and Bangladesh. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer (1990–1994) along with Arijit Singh. For his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India. Many of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time".[6]
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    7. Alka Yagnik

    Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi Cinema. She has been described in the media as one of the most prominent and successful playback singers in Bollywood. In her career spanning over four decades she has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and received several accolades including two National Film Awards, two Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer[note 1] from a record of thirty-six nominations.

    Yagnik is one of the most prolific female playback singers, and has sung a large number of female solos in her Bollywood career.[2] In her career spanning over four decades she has sung songs for more than thousand films and recorded over twenty thousand songs in different Indian languages.[3][4] Twenty of her tracks feature in BBC's list of top forty tracks of all-time.[5] She is ranked No.1 on the YouTube's Music Charts & Insights list of top global artists as of February 2022. She has been on the chart for 283 weeks with 300 million views.[6]
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    8. Sonu Nigam

    Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor.[3] He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema.[4] The recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards and two Filmfare Awards South, he has been honoured by the Government of India with Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian honour for his contribution in the field of arts.

    Nigam sings predominantly in Hindi and Kannada language films but has also sung in Odia,[5] Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Nepali, Malayalam, Bhojpuri and other Indian languages.[6] Nigam has also released a number of non-film albums and acted in some Hindi films.[7] With over 5,000 released songs to date, he is known as the “Modern Rafi”, a title given to him after his musical idol Mohammad Rafi.[8]

    In 2018, Nigam received a doctorate from Teerthanker Mahaveer University for his outstanding contribution in the field of music.[9]
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    9. Shreya Ghosal

    Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and well-established playback singers of Hindi cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards and ten Filmfare Awards South. She has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and has established herself as one of the leading playback singers of Indian cinema.

    Ghoshal began learning music at the age of four.[2] At the age of six, she started her formal training in classical music. When she reached sixteen, she was noticed by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's mother after she won the television singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma. Following the success, she made her Bollywood playback singing debut with Bhansali's romantic drama Devdas (2002) for which she received a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, and a Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent.

    Apart from playback singing, Ghoshal has appeared as a judge on several television reality shows and in music videos. She has been honoured by the United States state of Ohio, where Governor Ted Strickland declared 26 June 2010 as "Shreya Ghoshal Day". In April 2013, she was honoured in London by the selected members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. She has been featured five times in the Forbes list of the top 100 celebrities from India. In 2017, Ghoshal became the first Indian singer to have her wax figure displayed in the Indian wing of Madame Tussauds Museum in Delhi.
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      10. Arijit Singh


      Arijit Singh (born 25 April 1987) is an Indian singer and music composer.[6][4][2] He sings predominantly in Hindi and Bengali, but has also performed in various other Indian languages.[7][8] He is the recipient of a National Award and six Filmfare Awards. He is often cited as one of the best singers of all time in the Indian music industry, and has established a huge fan base throughout South Asia, predominantly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. He is also known as the "King of Playback Singing".[9][10]

      Singh began his career when he participated in the contemporary reality show, Fame Gurukul in 2005, but didn't receive widespread recognition before the release of "Tum Hi Ho" and "Chahun Main Ya Naa" in 2013.[11][12][13][14] He was declared the most-streamed Indian artist of 2020 and 2021 by Spotify. He is the most followed Asian soloist on Spotify.[15][16]
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