Hindi-language singers

Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium".

Asha Bhosle was an Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality who predominantly worked in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she was described in the media as one of the greatest and most influential singers in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over eight decades, she recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and won several accolades including two National Film Awards, four BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, in addition to two Grammy nominations. In 2000, she was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 2008, she was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour of the country. The Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged her in 2011 as the most recorded artist in music history.

Nepalese playback singer

Indian actress and singer

Indian singer (born 1988)

actress, singer

Indian playback singer and film actress

Indian singer

Indian pop-rock singer

Indian singer

Palak Muchhal is an Indian playback singer and lyricist. Muchhal performs as a playback singer across Hindi films and other Indian film industries. She has rendered her voice in Hindi films such as Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Aashiqui 2 (2013), Kick (2014) and Action Jackson (2014) Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015) M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) Kaabil (2017), Baaghi 2 (2018) and Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas (2019). Her rendition of the song "Kaun Tujhe" from the film"M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story has earned her much praise from fans as well as prominent personalities in the music industry. On 6 November 2022, she married music composer Mithoon, with whom she had earlier worked on the soundtrack of Aashiqui 2. Alongside her brother Palash Muchhal, she has also done philanthropic work by raising funds through her stage shows for children who need financial assistance for treatment of heart diseases.

Indian singer

Indian playback singer

Indian singer (1945–2023)

Indian rapper

Maithili Thakur is an Indian politician and playback singer trained in Indian classical music and folk music. She has sung original songs, covers, and traditional folk music in Hindi, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Marathi, and other Indian languages. In 2025, she entered politics at the age of 25 becoming the second youngest MLA in India after Sushma Swaraj of Bharatiya Janata Party who was 25 years in 1977 when she was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) from Haryana. Thakur was elected as Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly, after winning the 2025 Bihar elections from Alinagar as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Indian singer (1919-2013)

Bhojpuri Folk singer

Afghan singer/writer/composer/philanthropist

Indian singer

Indian singer

Pakistani singer (1914-2001)

actress

Indian pop and playback singer

Indian actress (1912-1983)

Indian singer

Shakila Mohseni Sedaghat (), known mononymously as Shakila (; born May 3, 1962), is an Iranian singer-songwriter based in San Diego, California. She is an international artist who has performed in various languages including Persian, Kurdish, English, Turkish, Hindi and Spanish. She has won a Persian Music Academy Award in 2006 and a Global Music Award in 2015. Shakila has released over twenty albums in Persian language as well as many albums in English. She primarily sings about spirituality, love, peace, and awakening. Lyrics of her songs are inspired by Rumi and other major poets. She is al

Uzbek singer

Pakistani actress

Tajikistani singer

Indian playback singer

Indian singer

Pakistani actress

Pakistani classical, ghazal singer and actress

Indian singer

Pakistani singer

Indian playback singer

Pakistani actress

Pakistani film actress (1938-2024)

Uma Sashi (1915 – 6 December 2000) was an Indian Bengali film actress who appeared in many roles from 1929 to 1951. Her on-screen pairings with actors such as Durgadas Bannerjee, K. L. Saigal, Pahari Sanyal and Prithviraj Kapoor were popular in those days.

Indian musician and businessman

Indian singer

Annupamaa is an Indian playback singer from Tamil Nadu. She is known especially for the song "Chandralekha" (Konjam Nilavu) from Thiruda Thiruda. She is also trained in Carnatic music and a 6th grade solo pianist from Trinity College London.

Indian singer songwriter (born 1991)

Indian singer and performer

British singer

Indian composer

Pakistani singer

singer

Arsh Muneer was one of the most famous faces on PTV during 1970's, 80's and 90's

Pakistani singer

Indian singer and songwriter

Pakistani musician and writer (born 1984)

Playback Singer, Composer

Pakistani singer

Indian singer