Alka Yagnik

Alka Yagnik is an Indian playback singer. She is noted in Indian cinema for a career spanning over three decades. She is a record seven-time winner from a record of 36 nominations of the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, a two-time recipient of the National Film Award as well as several other music awards.

Alka's musical career began at the age of six, while she started rendering devotional songs for Calcutta Radio. She came to Mumbai at the age of 10, along with her mother to try her luck as a child singer. Eminent music directors Kalyanji and Anandji got impressed by her gifted voice. However, they advised her to wait till her voice became mature to become a full-fledged singer. Alka also received the same advice from renowned music composer Laxmikant and decided to wait for three more years.

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