On a subsequent visit, Yagnik got a letter of introduction to Raj Kapoor from his Kolkata distributor. She was advised to wait until her voice matured, but her mother remained determined. In 1972 at age six, she started singing for Akashvani (All India Radio), Calcutta.Īt age 10, her mother brought her to Mumbai as a child singer. Her mother Shubha was a singer of Indian classical music. She has been on the chart for 283 weeks with 300 million views.Yagnik was born in Kolkata on 20 March 1966 to a Gujarati family.Her father’s name is Dharmendra Shankar. She is ranked No.1 on the YouTube’s Music Charts & Insights list of top global artists as of February 2022. Twenty of her tracks feature in BBC’s list of top forty Bollywood soundtracks of all-time.
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. Yagnik is one of the most prolific female playback singers, and has sung a large number of female solos in her Bollywood career.
In her career spanning over four decades she has recorded over 20000 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 from a record of thirty-six nominations. She has been described in the media as one of the most prominent and successful playback singers in Bollywood. Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi Cinema.
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