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Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam, or SPB or "Super Playback Singer" to his countless fans and followers in many a country, besides his Motherland - India, is one of the leading figures of Indian Cinema, more particularly, South Indian Moviedom. He had held sway and continues to do so for years as a top-notch singer in films in many Indian languages like Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam the �lingua franca�, Hindi, Tulu, Oriya, Assamese and Punjabi. Balu has sung over a staggering 36,000 plus songs in a span of 37 years, in all languages which include several albums of contemporary Indian music, private albums for devotional songs and movies, which is a world record. He is one of the most sought after "playback� singers of South Indian Cinema. Music, a part and parcel of Indian films plays a big role in the ever-growing popularity of the medium and playback singers are as much stars like those who appear on screen. And one of the top names is Balu! Click here to visit the official homepage of SPB. KJ YESUDAS In the world of music, K.J. Yesudas is truly exceptional - his success in the dual spheres of popular music as well as classical music is unparalleled. Yesudas was born in Kerala. Yesudas was initiated into Karnatik music at a very young age of 12. Besides Malayalam, he sang in all other South Indian languages. In 1976, he started singing for Hindi movies, and films in other North Indian languages. Today he is the only Indian musician to have recorded songs in all Indian languages except Kashmiri and Assamiya. He received the Padmashri from the President of India in 1977. Today,Yesudas has sung more than 20,000 songs in different languages.He has conducted more stage concerts than any other performer in India. Click here to visit the official homepage of Padmashree Yesudas. HARIHARAN Hariharan took the Indian musical scene by storm in 1996 with his phenomenally successful "Colonial Cousins" album, a collaborative effort with Leslie Lewis. This Indian-English fusion album, which consistently topped the Indian musical charts in 1996 and even became the first Indian act to be featured on MTV Unplugged, won Hariharan the international fame that had eluded him in his more than 15-year career as a recording artiste. Trained both in Carnatic and Hindustani music, this Tamilian from Bombay first made his mark in an unconventional way -- as a ghazal singer. But his fame was restricted to a small coterie of ghazal fans. Hariharan has also long sung for Hindi films and for Tamil films since 1993 but, ironically, it was an album in which he has sung in English that catapulted him to the heights of fame. Since that success , there has been no turning back; acclaim after acclaim followed. Hariharan is now the most sought after film singer in Chennai. Mumbai's filmdom has also re-discovered him. In 1998, Hariharan received the prestigious Indian National Film Award for "Best Male Singer" for the Hindi song Mere dushman mere bhai from the movie "Border". Click here to visit the official page of Hariharan. UNNIKRISHNAN Unnikrishnan is a very good singer and he is a classical singer also. He has sung lots of songs. He won the National award for "Best Male Singer" for the first song he sung in Cinema. Initiated in Carnatic Music at age of 12 by V.L . Seshadri, Unnikrishnan was inspired by Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. S. Ramanathan who shaped him into a competent and complete Artiste of aesthetic and technical excellence. He now receives guidance from Savitri Satyamurthy and Calcutta Krishnamurthy. He has also acquired "Veenai Dhanammal Bani" from Sangita Kalanidhi T. Brinda and T.Viswanathan. He is the recipient of many Honours and Awards which include "Kalaimamani" from the Govt. of Tamilnadu, 'Best Raaga' award from Music Academy, 'Yuvakala Bharati' from Bharat Kalachar. He has rendered concerts in all prestigious Sabhas in the country. His audio cassettes are most popular among rasikas. He is 'A' grade Artiste in AIR Simultaneously, his fame blazed in the film world as a play back singer for his renderings in two Tamil Films. 'Kaadalan' and Pavitra' which earned him the 'National Award' for 1994. Click here to visit the official homepage of Unnikrishnan. SRINIVAS Srinivas is a very good singer and he has sung lots of songs in all of the South Indian languages and in Hindi too. He has won a lot of awards for his songs. Click here to listen to the list of songs sung by Srinivas. CHITRA Chithra - the name conjures renaissance of melody in the world of Indian film music. Her very first award at national level, the National Award for the Best Playback Singer in 1986, for the tamil film, Sindhu Bhairavi, epitomised the soulful rendering of haunting melodies, she has come to represent. Have you heard of Hele Kogile Impagala, from �Nammura Mandhara Hoove�, �Elu Shiva Elu Shiva� song from �Halunda Thavaru�, Thunturu Alli Neeara Haadu� from �Amrutha Varshini�, Chiguru Gombeye from Chandramukhi Pranasakhi, Nesara Nesara from Bhoomi Thaayi Chcochala Maga � that is CHITRA for you. The mellifluous playback singer of South India has so far sung 16000 songs � 13000 in films and 3000 in nearly 500 audio albums in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya and other languages in India. Click here to visit the official homepage of Chinnakuyil Chitra. SUJATHA The very cute singer from Kerala, have sung scores of songs in all the South Indian languages, and in Hindi. She is a very good singer, and sings great melodies. She has won a lot of awards for her singing and she is definitly a great singer. Click here to see the long list of songs sung by her. ANURADHA SRIRAM She is a very great singer and has very good voice modulations. She can sing any high pitch songs and can sing any kind of songs. I love to listen to her voice. Apart from cinema songs, she is a carnatic singer and have sung in lots of festivals, along with her husband, Mr. Sriram. She has learnt music from her young age, and is a very great singer. She is the sweet singer behind the super hit "OH POODU". I was not able to find her home page. Here is an article in newspaper about her. Read through. LINKS TO LISTEN TO SONGS These are a few sites where you can listen to All Indian and English songs. Raaga Musicindia Smash Hits Tamil songs Thenisai Tamil Songs Page Megacinema All Indian Site New songs Sites list USA Indians List of Sites Englsih Songs list English songs DOWNLOADS There are a few sites where you can listen and download songs from. The following are the ones I have used. Mohan Kumars Cool Goose Tamil Mp3 Site Tamilpage Tamil Mp3s Tamil beat Download English songs MY FAVOURITE SONGS
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