Ten most popular music artists in India - satishwarr/Newsongspk GitHub Wiki

Musicians in India are known for the variety of their compositions. Whether you are talking about Tollywood or Bollywood, here are India's most popular artists over the years, and whose songs you can find in our database.

  1. Ilaiyaraaja: This is a popular name for the lovers of Tamil music. He is a composer, singer and lyricist with more than 4500 songs recorded and a thousand movies composed. His compositions fuse Western and Indian tastes and thus appeal for many generations. He has now won four national awards.
  2. Sahir Ludhianvi: Born as Abdul Hayee in Ludhiana in 1921, the musician has teamed up with SD Burman and Guru Dutt to produce poetry to Hindi films. He was the preferred lyricist for BR Chopra and Yash Chopra. He was involved in the hit record of Pyaasa, Kabhie Kabhie and Waqt.
  3. AR Rahman: He has created music for very renowned artists around the world. In the global arena, he has won two Academy and Grammy Awards each for his songs.pk. He has also won four National Awards and a BAFTA Award. He was also, in 2009, named as the Most Influential Person in 2009.
  4. Laxmikant-Pyarelal or L-P is a dual that has experimented with various styles such as rock-n-roll, Indian classical music, disco and Western beats. They teamed up in 1963 but broke up in 1998. Their music had been nominated for the Filmfare Awards almost every year until they broke up. You can still get their songs.pk online.
  5. Lucky Ali: The musician has been popular among teenagers for his rugged voice and disarming lyrics. He is popular for his crooning soulful style and he does playback singing.
  6. Sunidhi Chauhan: One of the most popular female playback singers who started singing at the age of four and later discovered on Meri Awaz Suno TV show. He has recorded songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Hindi and Gujarati. Almost all Hindi films feature at least one song sung by her.
  7. Sonu Nigam: He is the Aamir Khan of playback singing. He became popular for his music videos before entering full time playback singing.
  8. RD Burman: He is a renowned music director in Bollywood. He is known for mentoring various upcoming artists in the 80s, but also created songs that became popular with his fans around the country. He was influenced by Latin and Arabic music forms that led to him composing popular fusion music that is still practiced by many composers.
  9. Asha Bhosle: This musician has been singing since 1943 and going by her assertion, sung over 12,000 songs. This led to her later recognition by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded musician in history. She also made a debut in the acting career in the film called Mai where she has a title role.
  10. Lata Mangeshkar: It is possible that the popular Indian songs you hear in the black and white movies to soulful renditions are sung by her. She has won much recognition and popular awards before slowing down her music life.