Alka Yagnik was born on 20 March 1966 and is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema.
29 Facts About Alka Yagnik
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Alka Yagnik has been described in the media as one of the most prominent and successful playback singers in Bollywood.
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Alka Yagnik has been recognized as the most streamed artist in the world by Guinness World Records with 15.3 Billion YouTube views in 2022.
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Alka Yagnik was born in Kolkata on 20 March 1966 to a Gujarati family.
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Alka Yagnik's mother Shubha was a singer of Indian classical music.
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Alka Yagnik was advised to wait until her voice matured, but her mother remained determined.
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Alka Yagnik mentioned that she was a bright student but didn't like studies.
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Alka Yagnik got her big break with the song "Ek Do Teen" from the film Tezaab.
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Alka Yagnik has said that she had a high fever on the day she recorded "Ek Do Teen".
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Alka Yagnik has performed in live concerts around the world.
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In 1993, Alka Yagnik sang a seductive song "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai" with Ila Arun.
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Alka Yagnik got a second Filmfare award for the song, which she shared with Ila Arun.
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Alka Yagnik has performed several shows with Kalyanji-Anandji and Laxmikant-Pyarelal.
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Alka Yagnik has performed the Hanuman Chalisa and various devotional songs.
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Alka Yagnik has been involved in various projects to empower girls.
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In 2014, Alka Yagnik again teamed up with Sonu Nigam to sing the song "Phool Khil Jayenge" for child health awareness.
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Alka Yagnik sang a song titled "Maine Li Jo Angdai" for the album Women's Day Special: Spreading Melodies Everywhere.
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Rahman wasn't present in the studio but he was giving instructions on Skype video call and after giving some instructions, he gave power to Alka Yagnik to do any of own style of singing in the song 'Agar Tum Saath Ho'.
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Alka Yagnik has sung 2,486 Hindi songs in 1,114 films.
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Alka Yagnik is the fifth most prolific Bollywood singer of all time after Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar.
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Alka Yagnik is the third topmost female playback singer after Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle who has sung the maximum number of female solos in her Bollywood career.
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Alka Yagnik has acknowledged veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar as her inspiration, She has sung romantic, sad, peppy, seductive and item number songs.
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Alka Yagnik has sung more than 9000 songs in over 300 films.
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On Mother's Day 12 May 2019, Alka Yagnik became the most-streamed Indian artist-mom on Spotify.
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Alka Yagnik married Shillong-based businessman Neeraj Kapoor in 1989, with whom she has a daughter named Syesha.
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Besides singing, Alka Yagnik judged several singing reality shows on television.
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Alka Yagnik appeared in Star Voice of India as a judge.
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Alka Yagnik appears as a guest with Udit Narayan in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs.
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Alka Yagnik has won several accolades including two National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her songs: "Ghoongat Ki Aad Se" from Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.