Top five Bollywood singers ever

1. Legends of
Indian Music

2. INDIAN MUSIC
• Where words fail, music speaks. Music expresses that which can not be said.
• The greatest respect an artist can pay to music is to give it life.
• We have witnessed many singers and amongst these there are few singers who
have devoted their life to singing.
• Hindi songs have evolved a lot in the past five decades.
• The legends of music from Pandit Ravi Shankar (Sitar Virtuosi) to Hariprasad
Chaurasia (Flute player), Ustad Bismillah Khan (Shehnai player) and M S
Subbulakshmi (Carnatic singer) have enthralled us.

3. 1. LATA MANGESHKAR
• Queen of melody, Voice of the Nation, Voice of the Millennium, Nightingale of
India
• . First Indian to perform in Royal Albert Hall in 1974
• Lata Mangeshkar was born on 28th September 1929, in the state of Indore part of
the Central India Agency

4. 2. MOHAMMAD RAFI
• A man who has been related with playback singing for fifty years, his voice has
been the antitoxin for numerous horrible infections and an alleviating demulcent
for broken hearts
• He was honoured with Padma Shri award in 1967 in his musical career
• His commitment to the Hindi film industry has been remarkable and maybe no
vocalist till date has figured out how to catch the hearts of fans the way
Mohammed Rafi has.

5. 3. A. R. RAHMAN
• , Rahman was included on the Times 100 rundown of the world's most
compelling individuals.
• He was also awarded Tomorrow’s World Music Icons in August 2011 by UK based
world music magazine Songline
• South Indian devotees of Rahman have aptly nicknamed him as "The Mozart of
Madras", and "Isai Puyal"
• He won an Oscar award for his music score in Slumdog Millionaire.

6. 4. KISHOR KUMAR
• Kishor Kumar is recipient of eight Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer
and holds the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards in that category
• Madhya Pradesh government awarded him with “Lata Mangeshkar” award in the
year 1985-86. And in the year 1997, they initiated an award called the "Kishore
Kumar Award" as a tribute to his contribution to Hindi cinema.
• In Osian’s Cinefan Auction (New Delhi in 2012) his unreleased song was sold for a
record Rs 1.56 million (15.6 lakh)