Alka Yagnik

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Alka Yagnik is an Indian playback singer who worked predominantly in Hindi cinema during late 80s to early 2000s. One of the most prominent singers of 1990s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades, including two National Film Awards, two Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards and seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer from thirty-seven nominations. Alka has been described in the media as one of the greatest and most influential singers in Hindi cinema. She is cited as the 'Melody Queen' of Indian Cinema. Yagnik is one of the most successful and most popular female singers who reigned the Bollywood music industry for over two decades. A prolific playback singer, Yagnik has sung the maximum number of female solos in her Bollywood career after Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. In her career spanning over four decades she has sung songs for more than one thousand films and recorded over 22,000 songs in over 25 different languages. Twenty of her tracks feature in BBC's list of top forty Bollywood soundtracks of all-time. She is Ranked No.1 on the YouTube's Music Charts & Insights list of top global artists as of July 2025.