Category

Indian folk singers

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Indian playback singer

Indian actress and singer

Navneet Aditya Waiba

Indian Nepali-language folk singer

Indian pop-rock singer

Kalpana Patowary

Indian singer (born 1976)

Indian singer (1929-2006)

Anupama Deshpande

Pakistani singer

Dipali Barthakur

Abhaya Hiranmayi

Indian playback singer

Maithili Thakur

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.

Chinnaponnu (also credited as Chinna Ponnu or Chinnaponnu Kumar) is a folk and playback singer from the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi

Indian singer (1920-2019)

Mamta Chandrakar

folk singer and Padmasree Award winner from Chhattisgarh

Female qawwali singers

Basanti Devi Bisht

First woman 'jagar' singer of Uttarakhand

Pratima Barua Pandey

Indian singer (1934–2002)

Madhuri Barthwal

Indian folk singer

Allah Jilai Bai

Indian singer (1902-1992)

Anima Choudhury

Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar

Indian singer and dancer

Sithara Krishnakumar

Indian folk singer

Paravai Muniyamma

Arunodaya Vimala (born 1964), popularly known as Vimalakka, is a Telugu balladeer and social activist. Her folk troupe is known as Arunodaya Samskritika Samakhya (ACF). She also heads a Joint Action Committee for the creation of Telangana state.

Rockstar Ramani Ammal

Indian folk singer

Indian folk singer

musical artist (1948-1997)

Bhikhari Thakur

Sanchita Bhattacharya

Indian playback singer

Anitha Kuppusamy

amil folk and Carnatic singer

Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan

Indian Tamil folk musician

Uttarakhandi singer

Manpreet Akhtar

Punjabi folk singer

Bindhyabasini Devi

Indian folk musician

Rajnigandha Shekhawat

Indian Rajasthani folk singer and Princess

Award winning Santhali writer

Lopamudra Mitra

Vinjamuri Seetha Devi

musician (1924–2016)

Indian folk singer

Indian folk singer

Indian playback singer

Neha Singh Rathore

Indian folk singer and composer

Bhagwanti Navani

Hildamit Lepcha

Gujarati folk singer from India (1949-2016)

Vangapandu Usha

Indian politician

Master Mitrasen Thapa Magar

Nepali folk singer (1895–1946)

Indian singer and musician

Indian musician and lyricist (1912–1987)