Top 20 Singers Who Rule Bollywood

1. Udit Narayan One of the famous playback singers of Indian Film >> Read More...

Udit Narayan is a famous Bollywood singer, actor, and a director mainly known for his works between 1990-2000. Besides singing in Hindi, he also sang in many other languages like Nepali, Bengali, Marathi, and Odia. He is a resident of Mumbai and married to Deepa Narayan. He first began his career in a radio show called Radio Nepal. He started learning classical music at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan. He sang for many Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... , and Rajesh Khanna Born as Jatin Khanna on 29th December 1942, the ch >> Read More... . He performed most of his duets with Alka Yagnik Alka Yagnik is a very popular playback singer of t >> Read More... . Narayan was first given a chance by Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan Lal Nagrath is the original name of >> Read More... to sing a song in his movie, Unees Bees. He appeared as an actor in the Nepali film, Kusume Rumal, which continued for 25 weeks in the box office. Some of his famous albums include Anjali and Golappa Kadhi. He is known to have performed with the singing legends, Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had >> Read More... , and Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar is an Indian playback singer, who ha >> Read More... . He is a recipient of five National Awards and three Filmfare Awards. He was also awarded with the Padma Shri Award.

2. Vishal Dadlani Vishal Dadlani mostly known by duo name Vishal She >> Read More...

Vishal Dadlani is a famous singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Vishal graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce. He started off his career in 1994 with his band, Pentagram, found in Mumbai. The band won three major rock competitions and earned wide fame and love from the public. Pentagram was the first Indian band to perform at the Glastonbury Music Festival in the UK. We Are Not Listening, and Up are the most popular albums performed by the band. In 1999, the duo of Vishal-Shekhar got formed. The duo sang for many Hindi, Tamil, Telegu and Marathi movies, and appeared as judges on many reality TV shows. Some of the Bollywood movies in which they worked as music directors are ‘ Sultan Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, Chennai Express Click to look into! >> Read More... , ‘ Fan Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. They have performed for about 1000 shows worldwide and directed music for 60 films.

3. Sunidhi Chauhan Sunidhi Chauhan, a very famous Indian playback sin >> Read More...

Sunidhi Chauhan is an Indian playback singer born on August 14th, 1983. She began performing since the tender age of 4 and at 13 years, made her debut in music with the Bollywood movie, ‘Shastra’. She won the Filmfare RD Barman Award for New Music Talent after singing for ‘ Mast Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. She got nominated for Best Playback Female Singer. She received formal training in singing from Gautam Mukherjee Gautam Mukherjee is a well-known actor and filmmak >> Read More... . Her second breakthrough was released in 2000, when she sang for the film, ‘Fiza’. Her singing style has a strong Western influence, but she has also performed many semi-classical songs. Chauhan considers her father to be her main inspiration. She also appeared as a judge on TV reality shows like Indian Idol. She has performed over 100 songs and received one International Award, Mirchi Music Award, and Global Indian Music Academy Award.

4. Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam is a renowned Bollywood singer and comp >> Read More...

Sonu Nigam is a Bollywood playback singer and composer, born in Faridabad, Haryana. Besides singing in Hindi, he has also sung many songs in Kannada, Marathi, Urdu, Telegu, Assamese, Bhojpuri, and Odia. He considers Mohd. Rafi to be his inspiration. He launched his career in music at the tender age of 18. He got trained by Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, who is an Indian classical singer. Nigam has performed in many countries abroad. His first movie as a playback singer was ‘ Janam Story soon >> Read More... ’. He also made and acted in many radio commercials. Rafi Ki Yaadein, an album of Mohd. Rafi, which had many songs of Mohd. Rafi, was released by Nigam. Nigam sang songs for many Bollywood movies. He was ranked as the top artist on the US Billboard charts twice. Nigam also collaborated with Britney Spears Britney Jean Spears or Britney Spears is an Americ >> Read More... and Dj Avicii. He has received many awards like the Zee Cine Awards, Global Indian Music Awards, Lions Gold Award, and Filmfare Awards.

5. Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in >> Read More...

Shreya Ghoshal is a famous singer who hails from West Bengal. She began learning music at the age of 4. At the age of 6, she started receiving her formal training from Late Kalyanji Bhai and Late Mukta Bhideji. At age 16, she won the music reality show, Sa Re Ga Ma. Her first album was Bendhecchi Beena, which had 14 songs. She sang for many classic Hindi movies, including ‘Devdas’, and Desh Devi. Shreya also appeared in many TV reality shows. She performed with many famous singers like Udit Narayan, Vinod Rathod Music is a gift of god. It is said, a melodious s >> Read More... , and ‘KK’. Shreya also sang for a large number of Bollywood movies. Her performance for Bairi Piya ‘Bairi Piya’ is an Indian Television Drama that br >> Read More... won her the Filmfare RD Burman Award. She is also a recipient of a National Film Awards The National Film Awards gets presented every year >> Read More... for Best Playback Female Singer.

6. Shaan Shantanu Mukherjee is a very popular singer and kn >> Read More...

Shantanu Mukherjee, also known as Shaan, is an Indian playback singer, anchor, lyrics writer, and director. He has sung songs in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telegu, and Kannada. He also sang many Pakistani songs. He is one of the most multi- talented singers of the Bollywood film industry. Shaan started his career at age 19. His first hit album was Naujawan, in which he sang together with his sister. He has provided the voice for Bollywood’s many leading men like Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent >> Read More... , Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumb >> Read More... , Ranbir Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor is a noted Indian film actor. He was >> Read More... , and Riteish Deshmukh Riteish Deshmukh is the son of a politician, late >> Read More... . Shaan has sung for many hit Bollywood songs like ‘ Dhoom Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Dus Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, Jhankar Beats, Jab We Met Click to look into! >> Read More... , ‘ Fanaa Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, and Om Shanti Om Click to look into! >> Read More... . Shaan hosted the reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee TV for six years between 2000-2006. He won the Best TV Director for creating the music of Zee Tv. Shaan has received titles like Golden Voice of India, Voice of Paradise, Magician of Melody, and Voice of Youth, the most famous titles in the music industry.

7. ' Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is a renowned singer worldwid >> Read More... '

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is a Bollywood singer from Pakistani origin. He was trained by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, his uncle, in the field of classical music, and Qawwali. He started singing since the age of 3. He was an integral part of his uncle’s Qawwali group and toured many foreign nations together with the same. He launched himself as a playback singer in the movie ‘ Paap Paap is an enthralling Indian Bengali-language fam >> Read More... ’. Rahat performed at Webley and Manchester Arenas in the UK for a large crowd of people. He judged the reality TV show, Chote Ustaad 2, along with Sonu Nigam. He has appeared multiple times in the show Coke Studio, a famous musical TV show. His singles include Pankaj, Hum Pakistan, and Aman ki Asha. He also appeared on MTV Unplugged with a new set of Qawwalis. Rahat was the first Pakistani to be invited to perform at the Nobel Peace Concert in 2014.

8. Mustafa Zahid Mustafa Zahid, is a rock artist (singer), musician >> Read More...

Mustafa Zahid is a pop rock artist born in Lahore. He is related to the late Sufi Kalam singer, Inayat Hussain Bhatti Bio coming soon... >> Read More... . His songs were used in the Bollywood movie, ‘ Awarapan Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. Roxen-E-Dewar, his debut album was released in 2006. He has performed in Pakistan, Glasgow, and Bahrain. His album, Roxen-E-Dewar remained on top of all charts for continuous six weeks in Pakistan. The Indian release of the album was however put on hold, due to the 26/11 attacks. Roxen-E-Dewar was signed by Universal Music for their upcoming album. The movies for which he sang are Awarapan, ‘ Runway Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, Blood Money, ‘ Murder 3 Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Ragini MMS 2’, ‘Aashiqui 2’, ‘ Heropanti Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, and Ek Villain Click to look into! >> Read More... . His songs have also been used in famous Pakistani serials like Tere Liye Tere Liye is a popular Hindi TV series broadcasted >> Read More... and Mere Khwaab Lauta Do.

9. Farhan Akhtar One of the most recognized young director of India >> Read More...

Farhan Akhtar is a famous Bollywood actor, singer, and producer. He made his directorial debut with Dil Chahta Hain. ‘ Lakshya Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ and ‘ Don Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ are two of his movies which are very popular among the youth. He started his career in acting with ‘Rock On!’, which is a music related movie, mainly for the youth. He directed ‘Positive’, a short-film to spread awareness about HIV-AIDS. He acted, and also wrote the dialogues for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Farhan also instigated a social campaign with the name, Men Against Rape, and Discrimination. He won one National Award and two Filmfare Awards for the movies, Rock On and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. He also appeared in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Click to look into! >> Read More... , and Dil Dhadakne Do Click to look into! >> Read More... .

10. Papon Angarag Mahanta, better known as Papon, was born o >> Read More...

Angarag Mahanta, famously known as Papon, is a Bollywood singer. He is of Assamese origin, but he has sung songs in Bengali, Hindi, Mishing, and Punjabi. His father, Khagen Mahanta Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , is a famous Assamese singer. He received his initial training in Indian Classical Music in Assam. His latest addition is the song Humnava in Hamari Adhuri Kahaani. He sang for many Hindi movies like Madras Cafe Click to look into! >> Read More... , Dum Maro Dum, and ‘Barfi!’. His first music album was Rangphul, a Bihu album. On the 1st edition of Coke Studio on MTV, he performed on the song Pak Pak. His band, Papon and the East India Company, is an electric-fusion band, which presented in several parts of India and also abroad. Papon has received several awards including three GiMA Awards, two Jack Daniel’s Rock Awards, and a Screen Award.

11. Kumar Sanu Having chaired over 17,000 songs in the last 27 ye >> Read More...

Kumar Sanu, originally named Kedarnath Bhattacharya, is a leading Indian playback singer, actor, producer, and a director. He was born in September,1957, in Kolkata, West Bengal. He graduated from the Calcutta University with a degree in Commerce. He was trained in music and tabla from his father, who was a very famous classical singer. He tried modelling his singing style with the voice of legendary Kishore Kumar. Sanu started his career with a Bangladeshi film, ‘ Kanya Kanya is an Indian actress. She worked for Tamil f >> Read More... ’. After Kanya, he was offered chances by various directors to sing in their films. He sang in ‘Aandhiyan’, and ‘Jaduugar’. He has composed music for various Indian shows among which Utthaan and Yeh Sunday Kyun Aata Hain are most remarkable. He holds the Guinness Book World Records for singing the most number of songs in a single day, that is 28 in 1993. He was also awarded with Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer for five consecutive years and is a recipient of the respective Padma Bhushan award.

12. Honey Singh Honey Singh was born on 15th March 1983 in Hoshiar >> Read More...

Hirdesh Singh, better known by the name Honey Singh is an Indian rapper, singer, lyrics writer, and actor. He was born on March 15th, 1983 in Punjab. He studied at the Trinity School in the UK. Singh is married to Shalini Singh Talwar. Singh prefers to sing in Hindi, and Punjabi, rather than English. He made his debut in singing with the film Shakal Pe Mat Jaa. He was charged Rs. 7 million for a song in ‘Mastan’, making him one of the highest paid singers in Bollywood. Singh is also a famous Bhangra music producer. Some of his famous albums are Peshi, The Beat, Surma, and Rebirth. He is a recipient of various ETC and PTC awards for his singing and music direction.

13. Atif Aslam Named Muhammad Atif Aslam when he was born, he is >> Read More...

Atif Aslam is a famous Bollywood singer. He was born in Lahore in a Punjabi Muslim family. He graduated with a degree from the Punjab College. He married Sara Bharwana Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , his long-time girlfriend in 2013, who is an educationist. His first album, Jal Pari, was released in 2004. Atif performed and toured in many places, both national, and international, including Canada, and the US. He made his debut in South America, with his performance in Suriname. Atif considers Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to be his inspiration. He was declared as the most popular artist on Saavan, followed by Arijit, Shreya Ghoshal, and Mohit Chauhan Mohit Chauhan is a Bollywood playback singer. He w >> Read More... . He is the youngest recipient of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, which is a Pakistani civilian decoration.

14. Mika Singh Mika Singh is an actor, singer, stage presenter an >> Read More...

Mika Singh, real name Amrik Singh A hidden gem, Amrik Singh Shera, the lyricist of t >> Read More... , born in Patna, Bihar, is an Indian song-writer, and singer. He is a Punjabi by origin. His most famous songs are Mauja Hi Mauja, Singh Is King, Desi Beat, Subah Hone Na De, Pungi, Ganpat, and Gabru. He performed live at the O2 Arena with Arjun Kapoor Arjun Kapoor is a Bollywood star. He was born on 2 >> Read More... , Jacqueline Fernandez Jacqueline Fernandez is one of the top actresses i >> Read More... , and Shahid Kapoor Shahid Kapoor also identifies as the name Shahid K >> Read More... . Besides singing in Hindi, he also sang songs in Bengali, Punjabi, Kannada, and Odia. Singh also appeared in many reality TV shows like Jhalak Dikhla Ja, The Voice of India, Bigg Boss Bigg Boss Tamil is the Tamil language version of t >> Read More... 9, and The Kapil Sharma Show.

15. Armaan Malik On 22 July, 1995, Armaan Malik was born in the cit >> Read More...

Armaan Malik is a Bollywood playback singer born in 1995 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is the nephew of Anu Malik Anu Malik is considered as one of the most famous >> Read More... . Armaan has sang in about 100-200 commercials and songs for many movies like Jab We Met, Chillar Party Click to look into! >> Read More... , ‘ Bhootnath ‘Bhootnath’ was a TV serial directed by actor Asra >> Read More... ’, ‘ Hero Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, and Jai Ho Click to look into! >> Read More... . He has been learning Hindustani Classical Music for 10 years from Mrs. Rita Kaul, and Qadir Ghulam Mustafir Khan. Malik has been signed by Universal Music in 2011. Apart from singing in Hindi, he also sang songs in Urdu, Telegu, Tamil, and Marathi.

16. Adnan Sami Adnan was born on august 15,1973. He is keenly int >> Read More...

Adnan Sami Khan is a Bollywood singer, music composer, actor and pianist born in London. He is the first person in the entire world to perform Indian classical music on the piano. He has some of the best-selling independent albums of all times. The Times of India has given him the title Sultan of Music. He graduated with a degree in political science and journalism from University of London. He has won many reputed Awards including the Nigar Award, Bolan Academy Award, and Graduate Award.

17. A R Rahman

A.R Rahman is a singer, composer, songwriter, musician, and a producer. He is regarded as one of the persons who is greatly influential in the world of music. He began his training at the tender age of 4 under Master Dhanraj. At age 11, he started playing orchestra under a Malayalam composer. He is a winner of Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, and Filmfare South Awards, which are reputed awards. He is thus known as one of the legends of the music industry across the entire globe.

18. Arijit Singh Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Si >> Read More...

Arijit Singh is a playback singer and music composer born in West Bengal. His career began from the reality show Fame Gurukul Fame Gurukul was an Indian reality TV show aired o >> Read More... in 2005. After winning a reality TV show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil, he began his journey as a music programmer. He became an assistant music director to Pritam Chakraborty When it comes to Bollywood music, Pritam Chakrabor >> Read More... , Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, and ‘Mithoon’. He became famous with the song ‘Tum Hi Ho’ from ‘Aashiqui 2’. Some of his songs are Suno Naa Sangmarmar, Mast Magan, and Muskarane. Arijit is a recipient of various awards like two Filmfare Awards, an IIFA Award, two Zee Cine Awards, and two Screen Awards; which are some of the most prestigious awards.

19. Abhijeet Sawant Abhijeet Sawant is an Indian Hindi singer, actor a >> Read More...

Abhijeet Sawant is an Indian playback singer born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is the winner of the 1st Season of Indian Idol. He is the 2nd runner-up of Asian Idol. He appeared in a small role in the movie, Tees Maar Khan Click to look into! >> Read More... . He also appeared in the romantic series Kaisa Ye Pyaar Hain. He also appeared in many commercials for Spray mint. He along with his wife, participated in Nach Baliye Season 4. Abhijit co-hosted Indian Idol 5 with Hussain Kuwajarwale. He is a member of the Shiv Sena. Some of his albums include Aap Ka Abhijit Sawant, Junoon, and Farida, released in 2005, 2007, and 2013 respectively.

20. Ankit Tiwari Ankit Tiwari was born on March 6, 1986 in Kanpur, >> Read More...

Ankit Tiwari is a renowned playback singer, and music director. His career was launched when he met Pradeep Sarkar Born on April 30th, 1955 Pradeep Sarkar is best kn >> Read More... and was offered to work on jingles and started composing background music. He made the music for Do Dooni Chaar Click to look into! >> Read More... , and ‘Saheb, Biwi, Aur Gangster’ released in 2010, and 2011. His song, Sunn Raha Hain, from Aashiqui 2, earned him wide fame, and respect from all the people. He also sang Gaaliyan from Ek Villain for which he was honoured with Best Male Playback Singer in Filmfare Awards. He also won two Filmfare Awards, and the Best Music Director award.