Most Popular Singer In India 2023, Top 10 Best Singer List

Most Popular Singer In India 2023: Singing means producing musical sounds with the voice and augmenting speech by using tone, rhythm, and vocal techniques. A singer is a person who sings. India has got many successful singers from different corners of the world. The article will explain the most popular singer in India list:

List Of Most Popular Singer In India 2023:

Find below the list of India’s most popular singers in 2023:

Lata Mangeshkar:

The word singer is a synonym for Lata Mangeshkar in India. She was born in Indore Madhya Pradesh on 28th September 1929. She has three sisters Usha Mangeshkar, Mina Mangeshkar, and Asha Bhosle and one brother Hriday Nath Mangeshkar. All sisters and brothers started their careers in singing through the Music industry. Lata was born to Pandit Dina Nath Mangeshkar and she is from the Maratha family. This most popular singer of India started her singing career in childhood when she was 5 years old. Her first song was Ayega Anewala for the movie Mahal. She sang in more than 20 languages. In her outstanding singing career, she won prestigious awards such as Padma Bhushan (1969), Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1989), Lifetime Achievement Award for the film back (1993), Rajiv Gandhi Award (1997), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Bharat Ratna (2001) and many more.

Mohammad Rafi:

Another well-known singer who hardly needs an introduction. He was born on 24th December 1924 in Amritsar Kotla. His first song was a Punjabi song in the Punjabi film gull Baloch in 1944 and soon after that he came to Mumbai. In 1946, he sang first Hindi song in the movie Pehle AAP film. In his career span, the singer sang more than 28000 Songs. He died on 31st July 1980. He was honored with the Padma Shri award in 1965.

Udit Narayan:

Udit Narayan is one of the most popular singers in India. He is born in Nepal on 1st December 1955. The singer studied at Jageshwar High School in Bihar, India from where he completed his Madhyamik (class X) and later attained the intermediate degree from Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus, Kathmandu. He sang his first song with Mukesh. The singer sang 30, 000 + songs in more than 36 languages. He received the Padma Shri award in 2009 and Padma Bhushan in 2016.

Asha Bhosle:

Asha Bhonsle is born on 8th September 1933 in Maharashtra Sangli. She learned singing from his father Dina Nath Mangeshkar from the age of 9. She sang pop, ghazals, Indian classical music, regional songs, Qawwali songs, etc in her entire career. She sang in more than 14 languages including Marathi, Assamese, Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Tamil, English, Russian, Jay, Nepali, Malay, and Malayalam. She received awards such as the Dadasaheb Phalke award in 2001, Filmfare Lifetime Achievement in 2001, Padma Vibhushan in 2008, and IIFA Lifetime Achievement in 2001.

Sonu Nigam:

Sonu Nigam is a brilliant singer who was born on 30th July 1973. He was born in Faridabad Haryana. He has started singing when he was 4 years old. His singing career started at the age of 19 when he sang for a stage show. He learnt singing from Classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. He struggled a lot in establishing himself. T-Series owner Gulshan Kumar gave him the opportunity to sing for Mohammad Rafi’s songs called Memories of Rafi. He won many awards including the National award in 2005.

Alka Yagnik:

Alka Yagnik was born on 20th March 1966 in a Kolkata Gujarati family. Her mother Shobha Yagnik was also a singer. Alka started her singing career from the age of 6 years. After she reached 10, she came to Mumbai to begin her singing career. She sang most of her Bollywood songs with male singers Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan. She sang 700+ songs in Bollywood. In her singing career, she received many accolades in the form of awards such as IIFA award (2000), Guild Award (2004), Filmfare award (2005) and Mirchi Music award (2016).

Shaan:

Shaan is a singer with a versatile voice. He was born on 30 September 1972 and his grandfather Jahar Mukherjee was a lyricist, his father was the late music director Manas Mukherjee, and his sister Sagarika is also a singer. His father died when Shaan was just 13 years old after which his mother found work as a singer to take care of the family. He is known for singing romantic numbers. The singer sang songs of different genres such as pop, sad songs, patriotic, jazz, ghazals, hip-hop, rock, etc. Shana won GIMA award and IIFA award in 2010 and Filmfare Award in 2008. He also won Indian Telly Award in 2015.

R. Rehman:

A.R. Rehman Was Born on 6th January 1967 in Chennai, Tamilnadu. His Father RK Shekhar gave Music in Malayalam Films. Rehman started learning singing from Master Dhanraj. At the age of 11, he started his band with his friend Sivamani. His father died when he was 9 years old. To provide financial support to the family, he sold musical instruments. That time he converted himself to Islam. After that he joined a band while studying at the Trinity College of Music in London. He received a scholarship from where he graduated with a degree in Western classical music. The singer is awarded with Padmashree (2000), Golden Globe Award For Slumdog Millionaire (2009)

Kumar Sanu:

Kumar Sanu is also one of the best singers in India. He was born in West Bengal Kolkata on 23rd September 1957. His real name is Kedarnath Bhattacharya. The singer has a music tradition at the time as his father was a Classical Music Teacher and his mother was a singer. His elder sister sings for Radio. Kumar Sanu sang for more than 350 Films. He is the recipient of a Padmashree in 2009.

Shreya Ghoshal:

Shreya Ghoshal is a popular female singer in India. She has received many awards for her memorable work. She sings in many languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada.