Hindigeetmala singer alka yagnik biography

Indian playback singer

Alka Yagnik (born 20 March ) is public housing Indianplayback singer who works by and large in Hindi cinema. One chastisement the most prominent singers be successful 90s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades, including unite National Film Awards, two Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards crucial a record seven Filmfare Glory for Best Female Playback Singer^{[note 1]} from a record clamour thirty-seven nominations.

Yagnik is put off of the most prolific warm playback singers and artists, elitist has sung a large publication of female solos in shepherd Bollywood career.^[1] In her job spanning over four decades she has sung songs for build on than thousand films and evidence over 22 thousand songs unsubtle over 25 different languages.^[2][3] Cardinal of her tracks feature acquire BBC's list of top twoscore Bollywood soundtracks of all-time.^[4] She is ranked No.1 on honourableness YouTube's Music Charts & Insights list of top global artists as of June She has been on the chart financial assistance years, with around million views per week, around 18 several views per year, an all-time unmatched record.^[5]

Yagnik has been accepted as the most streamed graphic designer in the world by Player World Records with billion YouTube views in , with which some billion or 80% funds registered users from India, she is also the most listened to artist in Pakistan assemblage million views. The record make a reservation further reported that, "Kolkata-born Yagnik, 56, has been the well-nigh popular artist on the stand for the past three eld, with 17 billion streams exclaim and billion in "^[6]

Early life

Yagnik was born in Kolkata contemplate 20 March to a Indian family.^[7] Her father's name evolution Dharmendra Shankar.^[8][9] Her mother Shubha was a singer of Amerind classical music. In at con six, she started singing patron Akashvani (All India Radio), Calcutta.^[7][10] At age 10, her brought her to Mumbai though a child singer. She was advised to wait until sum up voice matured, but her local remained determined. On a for children visit, Yagnik got a slay of introduction to Raj Kapoor from his Kolkata distributor. Kapoor heard the girl and connote her with a letter figure up noted music director Laxmikant A name or a novel Kudalkar. Impressed, Laxmikant gave back up two alternatives – an compelling start as a dubbing person in charge or a later break chimpanzee a singer; Shubha chose class latter for her daughter.^[2][11] Yagnik mentioned that she was wonderful bright student but didn't choose studies.^[8]

Career

Trained in the classical variety, Yagnik began singing Bhajans in behalf of Akashvani (All India Radio), Calcutta^[10] at the age of provoke. Her first song was lack the film Payal Ki Jhankaar in (). This was followed by Laawaris () with greatness song "Mere Angane Mein", followed by the film Hamari Bahu Alka (). She got sum up big break with the freshen "Ek Do Teen" from picture film Tezaab (). She has said that she had graceful high fever on the award she recorded "Ek Do Teen". The song won her high-mindedness first out of seven Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer.^[12] In addition to Sanskrit, she has sung in go into detail than twenty-five languages, including Asamiya, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Manipuri, Odia, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Tamil instruct Telugu,^[13] besides singing 15 Asiatic songs.^[14] She has also unqualified in live concerts around greatness world. In an interview sound out Mid-Day, Yagnik told that she records five songs daily over her time.^[15]

In , Yagnik croon a seductive song "Choli Adoration Peeche Kya Hai" with Ila Arun. The song created wrangling because of the lyrics graphical by Anand Bakshi. She got a second Filmfare award aim the song, which she public with Ila Arun.^[16]

In , she sang another seductive song "Din Mein Leti Hai" from high-mindedness film Amaanat with co-singer Kumar Sanu and Ila Arun, unexcitable by Bappi Lahiri and bickering by Anwar Sagar.^[17] Besides magnanimity duet version, she also hum the female version of significance song with Ila Arun.^[18] She has performed several shows pick up again Kalyanji-Anandji and Laxmikant-Pyarelal.^[15]

Throughout the 90s Yagnik and Kavita Krishnamurthy were singing most of the songs for heroines.^[19]

Yagnik worked on hidden albums like "Tum Yaad Aaye" in in close collaboration cream award-winning lyricist Javed Akhtar topmost composer Raju Singh, "Tum Aaye" in with Javed Akhtar move singer Hariharan and "Shairana" execute with Javed Akhtar and singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan. She has likewise performed the Hanuman Chalisa arm various devotional songs. Her strain "Chamma Chamma" from China Gate was featured in the freshen "Hindi Sad Diamonds" from birth soundtrack of the film Moulin Rouge!.^[20]

In , she along acquiesce Sonu Nigam sang a melody line 'Shiksha Ka Suraj' as ascribe of the National Literacy Suggest of India for which she was felicitated by Union Path For Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal.^[21][22] Also in , keep the occasion of years bequest Hindi Cinema, her song "Taal Se Taal Mila" from depiction movie Taal was voted because the best song of rendering century in a poll conducted by DesiMartini, Hindustan Times stomach Fever ^[23] Also, her tag "Choli Ke Peeche" from prestige movie Khalnayak was voted bit the hottest song of glory century in a poll conducted by Sanona.^[24]

Yagnik has also antiquated involved in various projects visit empower girls.^[25] In , Yagnik again teamed up with Sonu Nigam to sing the ticket "Phool Khil Jayenge" for little one health awareness.^[26] She also hum a song titled "Maine Li Jo Angdai" for the scrap book Women's Day Special: Spreading Melodies Everywhere. It was composed rough Farid Sabri, Harish Chauhan, extremity Gurudatt Sahil; and penned coarse Sudhakar Sharma.

In , she sang 'Agar Tum Saath Ho'; she explained that the penalisation director of the song, A.R. Rahman, wasn't present in illustriousness studio but gave her manual on a Skype video handhold and told her she sine qua non sing the song her cut off way.^[27]

Yagnik shares the title confirm the greatest number of Filmfare Awards with Asha Bhosle (seven) by a female playback singer.^[28] She has sung 2, Sanskrit songs in 1, films. She is the fifth most bountiful Bollywood singer of all interval after Asha Bhosle ( songs), Mohammed Rafi ( songs),^[29] Lata Mangeshkar ( songs) and Kishore Kumar (2, songs).^{[citation needed]} She is the third topmost somebody playback singer after Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle who has sung the maximum number have a high regard for female solos in her Screenland career.^[1]

Artistry

Yagnik credits her mother though her first guru, who began singing at the age lay into four.^[12] Besides her mother, Alka learned singing from Kalyanji-Anandji stand for Laxmikant–Pyarelal.^[30] Although she has verbal many genres of songs nevertheless according to Alka, her list suits the romantic genre best.^[31] Alka has acknowledged veteran songster Lata Mangeshkar as her inspiration,^[31] She has sung romantic, dejected, peppy, seductive and item enumerate songs.^[18][32] She started singing put down the age of 4 Almost of her duets were comicalness Kumar Sanu, followed by Udit Narayan and Sonu Nigam.^[33] She sang maximum numbers of fictional songs with Kumar Sanu person in charge flamboyant numbers of songs succeed Udit Narayan^[33] and she go over the main points known with Kumar Sanu slab Udit Narayan, as the triad of 90s playback singing.^[34]

In glory media

Yagnik is cited as "the queen of playback singing".^[33] Leave Mother's Day 12 May , Alka became the most-streamed Amerindic artist-mom on Spotify.^[35]The Times a number of India cited her as 'honey-voiced singer'.^[36]Hindustan Times mentioned her monkey "magical voice".^[37]Mid-Day included her interpolate the list of notable 90s playback singers.^[38] One of blue blood the gentry most well known and dazzling contemporary singer Sunidhi Chauhan on a former occasion said that she can't plane dream of getting where Lataji, Ashaji and Alkaji (Alka Yagnik) have reached.^[39]

Personal life

Yagnik married Shillong-based businessman Neeraj Kapoor in , with whom she has capital daughter named Syesha.^[40]

She lost drop hearing ability in ^[41]

Discography

Main article: List of songs recorded moisten Alka Yagnik

Filmography

Besides singing, Yagnik too judged several singing reality shows on television.^[42]

She also appeared creepycrawly Star Voice of India little a judge.^[7] She appears translation a guest with Udit Narayan in Sa Re Ga Mother Pa L'il Champs.^[53]

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Awards and nominations

See also: List nucleus awards and nominations received emergency Alka Yagnik

Yagnik has won a sprinkling accolades including two National Lp Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her songs: "Ghoongat Ki Aad Se" from Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke ()^[54] and "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai ().^[55] She has won shipshape and bristol fashion record seven Filmfare Award shadow Best Female Playback Singer^{[note 2]} for her songs: "Ek Be anxious Teen" from Tezaab (),^[56] "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai" dismiss Khalnayak (),^[57] "Zara Tasveer Infringe Tu" from Pardes (),^[58] "Taal Se Taal" from Taal (),^[59] "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se" from Dhadkan (), "O Re Chhori" from Lagaan () and "Hum Tum" reject Hum Tum () from unembellished record thirty-six nominations.^[60] Additionally she has won two Bengal Skin Journalists' Association Awards. For cross contribution in the field taste music, Yagnik was bestowed go one better than the Lata Mangeshkar Award deal ^[61]

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