Saturday, January 14, 2012

Top Ten Indian Male Singers of All Time

Song is an important part of the Indian film. Fans cannot think Indian movie without song. It plays very important role to attract millions of fans to come and watch films on silver screen. Indian music industry has a rich history and it is getting rich day by day. The person who plays vital role behind its popularity is called singer. They are also getting popular with their songs.

Here, I have made a list of top ten male singers of Bollywood. They have been selected based on their popularity, versatility and voice. If you have any information to share then feel free to mention it in the comment section.

Kishore Kumar:

Kishore Kumar is a very household name among the Indian movie lovers. He has got equal success as an actor and playback singer, but received more success for his voice. Very few actors got as much success as like him.

After the release of Aradhana in 1969, he reached at the top of his popularity. Here, he lent his voice in a song titled “Roop Tera Mastana” which became hit. After that, movie lovers saw him ruling the next two decades.

Without having any formal training in music, he touched the hearts of millions of listeners around the world with his golden voice. As a singer, his popularity was increasing in such a way that past greats like Mohammad Rafi found it hard to compete with him.

He had good connection with Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan and had the chance to work with almost all lead actors and music directors of his time. With bagging 8 Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer, he holds the record for the most number of Filmfare Awards won for that category. Madhya Pradesh government gave him "Lata Mangeshkar Award" for his contribution to Indian cinema.

Mohammad Rafi:

Mohammad Rafi is one of the greatest playback singers in the history of Indian cinema. There is no one who can be compared with him. He was the dominant figure in the Golden Era of Hindi Cinema. In his 35 years of career from 1945 to 1980, he has sung 7,516 Hindi film songs, 112 non-Hindi film songs, and 328 private (non-film) songs and performed all types of songs.

In his time, he has worked with almost all the music directors and actors. He won National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, Indian government honored him with Padma Shri award.

Mukesh Chand Mathur:

He is widely known as Mukesh to his millions of fans. As his voice was extremely suitable for the tragic films, he was called the king of sad songs. He was deeply influenced by the legendary singers- KL Saigal, Rafi and Kishore, of his time, and he had to struggle hard to come out of their shadows. For his voice, he was compared with KL Saigal.

However, music director, Naushad, helped him to create his own style and to come out of his saigal style. Though he had to go through many ups and downs, his career spanned for three decades and he is still popular today.

Manna Dey:

Born as Prabodh Chandra Dey, he got commonly known by his nick name “Manna Dey”. He has shared equal success in both Bengali Assamese and Hindi films.

Though he performed all types of songs from Pop to folk, he is ranked as one of the best classical singers among all singers of Hindi film music.

His great voice, versatility and command over classical music helped him to be a great singer. He has sung more than 3500 songs over the course of his career.

He was honored with the Padma Shri award in 1971 and the Padma Bhushan in 2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007 by the Indian government.

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay:

Commonly Known as Hemanta Mukherjee, was the legendary singer, music composer, producer and one of the leading supporters of Rabindra Sangeet. He was the doyen of Bengal and Hindi music.

He was trained by Ustad Faiyaz Khan but his guidance was cut short by Ustad’s untimely death. He was blessed with versatility but limited by range. Despite performing a limited number of songs, he is still popular today.

Bhupen Hazarika:

Bhupen Hazarika is blessed with multifaceted talent. He has successful footstep in almost all the cultural arenas, including, writing poetry, lyrics, composing music, singing, acting, journalism and film-making, with highest repute. However, he is mainly known as singer to his fans and a living pioneer of Assam’s film industry in the Northeast.

In his songs, he talked about ordinary people and their sufferings that made him popular among all class of ethnic and religious communities not only in Assam but also in other countries outside India. He was a strong supporter of communism and that is why, fans could find the themes of communal amity, universal justice, empathy and humanity.

Most of his songs were mainly sung and written in the Assamese language by him, but have been translated and sung in many languages, especially in Bengali and Hindi.

In his long career, he won many major awards in India and performed more than 1,500 songs.

Rahul Dev Burman:

The son of singer and Bollywood music composer Sachin Dev Burman and his wife Meera, Rahul Dev Burman, is a gift in the Hindi film industry. He kept very important contribution in the Hindi film industry by revolutionizing the filmi music in Hindi films for which he is credited. His style and techniques are still followed by the composers of today. Besides composing music, he also lent his voice in eighteen movies for which he himself composed the scores.

It is said that he used to get tunes in his dreams. Being advised by his father, he used to get up as soon as he dreamt of a tune and wrote it down.

Kumar Sanu:

For his singing style, Kumar Sanu often compared with an Indian legend singer, Kishore Kumar. However, he came out of Kishore’s shadow and developed his own singing style. In the early 1990s, he reached at the top of his popularity at a time when Gulshan Kumar ruled the music industry. He has given a number of hit song to his fans.

He has been criticized for not having a range or a good voice. He won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. In 2009, he was honored with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India.

Mahendra Kapoor:

Mahendra Kapoor is another Indian playback singer who got huge popularity among fans for his Rafi like voice and ability to sing at higher end of the octave. His career spanned five decades and sang over 25,000 songs in various regional languages. Some of his memorable songs are ‘Chalo ek baar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono’ in Gumrah, ‘Neele gagan ke taale’ in Hamraaz. But he became identical to the patriotic songs like ‘Mere Desh Ki Dharti', in Manoj Kumar’s film Upkaar.

Indian government honored him with the Padma Shri award in 1972.

KL Saigal:

Kundan Lal Saigal, shortly called as KL Saigal, is a legendary figure in the Indian film industry. The singer-actor is known as the first superstar of the Hindi film industry. He died long times ago but his popularity is still intact. It became possible because of the magic that he had in his voice.

251 comments:

  1. No doubt all above mention singers are very famous in music history. No one in india who don't familiar with these singer.

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    1. They are all great singers of the Bollywood industry and we do not need to read all this stupid articles to know who the best singer is.. All have their own talent.

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    2. They are all the greatest singers of Bollywood and how can you people compare them when they each have their own special talent. Same as America, everyone is different .. I personally love Kishore Kumar the most but I love them all as well.

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    3. Anonymous4:47 AM

      Without SPB,what list?????

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    4. Anonymous4:51 AM

      Without SPB,this list is incomplete

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    5. Anonymous9:59 AM

      God

      1. Rafi saheb
      2. Kishore Da
      3. Lata Di

      Son

      1. Sonu Nigam

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    6. Anonymous9:59 AM

      God

      1. Rafi saheb
      2. Kishore Da
      3. Lata Di

      Son

      1. Sonu Nigam

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  2. Anonymous10:01 AM

    This is not an Indian list! may be an Hindi list!! where is K.J.Yesudas in this list. He is widely considered as the best Indian playback singer and most popular behind some of the above singers.

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    1. Dude U are really right... No list is perfect without KJY in one of the first few places... Only Rafi may be placed above him...
      One more thing.... KishorDa was a versatile artist and a good singer... He became so popular just because of his deep voice(I love it)... he was not as good for classical songs as Rafi or KJY..

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    2. Dude U are really right... No list is perfect without KJY in one of the first few places... Only Rafi may be placed above him...
      One more thing.... KishorDa was a versatile artist and a good singer... He became so popular just because of his deep voice(I love it)... he was not as good for classical songs as Rafi or KJY..

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    3. Anonymous12:19 AM

      Amend the title from "Indian singers list" to "north Indian singers list". Mr. writer just google about SP Balasubramanyam and Jesudas

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    4. Anonymous4:50 AM

      First&second respectively SPB & KJY

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    5. Anonymous1:47 PM

      well i dont know why we compare Kishore da with Md.Rafi ji....Just understand that without any formal training, Kishore da sung so well that his songs touched millions of hearts and he reached such a height that no body can be matched, whereas Md.Rafi is a trained singer.I personally used to like Md.Rafi's songs but its now been 14 years that i like Kishore Kumar songs. Kishore
      kumar's voice and singing quality was god gifted so when god was with him who can dare to reach his heights....He also won maximum no of film fare awards.

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    6. dude when rafi started his career there was no any film fare award. after that there was only best play back singer awards. when kishore came in light then there was award for best male play back singer. rafi had to share his awards with lata, asha, suriya, mukesh and kishore. now if you know kishore also came at rafi time but only he became sucsess when r. d burman composed some easy compositions for him . even rafi sang some songs on kishore's movie lke man mora tarpat etc.
      so there is only one king for male palay back is Md. rafi

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    7. Muslim bhais always go for Rafi. Always communal.

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    8. Why only muslims? We Hindus also like his songs. That is why he is popular. His songs of Baiju-Bawara recorded in 1952 are still considered all time classics.
      How can anyone forget his songs of TajMahal, Dosti, NeelKamal, Giude, DoBadan, HumDono, Merehuzur, MereMehboob and many more songs from innumerable movies. Perhaps he will be remembered as the all time best male playback singer of not only Bollywood, of whole India. Because none of the singers like Kishor kumar, SPB, PBShrinawas, KJJesudas, Hemant kumar and others equalled him.

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    9. Anonymous10:25 AM

      Why only Muslims? Innumerable Hindus like his songs. That is why He is popular. His songs of Baiju-Bawara are considered all time classics.(recorded in 1952).

      Perhaps He is the beat playback singer not only of Bollywood, whole of India. Definately He was better than Kishore Kumar, SPB, PBshrinawas, KJjesudas, Hemant Kumar and all others

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  3. Anonymous11:50 AM

    kissssssssssssssssshooooooooooooooooooreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee kuuuuuuuuuuuumaaaaaaaaaaaaar, means kishore da was, is, will be remain on the top, nobody should think to sing like him and to regain the popularity of his, he is one of a kind

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    1. Anonymous12:17 AM

      Kishore was not fully trained with indian classical,yet he won max 8 ff awards. hence i think he is more better then md rafi or other singers. nobody can fully copy him. he is actually a professional playback singer.

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    2. Anonymous9:05 AM

      poor beggar. The best singer India has ever produced is K.J Yesudas. Then Mohammed Rafi. The so on. All singers are good. Better give respect to all. Don't compare legends. Instead, enjoy their music.

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  4. Anonymous8:00 AM

    this is only hindi singers list.KJ YESUDAS is a best singer in india

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  5. Anonymous10:16 AM

    this is an old list. KJY is the best in india with most number of awards "7"... he's the best

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    1. Anonymous1:28 PM

      kindly check kshore da bio graphy on wikipedia he got 8 filmfare awards if kj sir hve awarded 7 times national award then kk da has also awarded with 8 filmfare

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    2. Anonymous8:12 PM

      kjy had 7 national awards okay ? not filmfare awds ,,

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    3. Anonymous10:39 AM

      Filmfare awards were started in 1958. Md Rafi's best songs were recorded before that.(He started singing in Hindi in 1944. In 1952 Baiju Bawara was released). However in the first year itself he got the award for Choudavi Ka chand. And after that he got 5 more times, totalling 6 awards.
      He was awarded Padmashri in 1967, first playback singer to be awarded with Padmashri, at a time when national awards were so hard come by. (Todays Bharat Ratna is almost equal to Padmashri of 60's).

      He was also the first to record 25000 songs and his his name was registered in Guiness book.

      Rafi means Height(Uancha). No body can reach it.
      (Koi Bhi Unaka Ungali pakada nahi sakata)

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  6. Anonymous7:00 AM

    When we considering the best Indian singers how we can close the list without KJ Yesudas.

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  7. Anonymous10:15 AM

    All of above belongs to north , so they are showing partiality ,nothing best and worst, but also they knew that only one great singer in india that is SP.BALASUBRAHMANYAM,he have perfect male voice and he can sing any song as per the body language of any actor, if we watch the song on screen we feel that the song is sung by the actor.So to day also is singing.if music director make a doll,SPB gives life to that.

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  8. Anonymous6:28 AM

    i agree with some of the comments that yesudas's name should have been included,he's great.but yes,kishore da will always be on top,not just because of his voice,but purely because of his versatility.no one can ever match his all-rounder capability,with due respect to other singers though.

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  9. Anonymous9:22 AM

    i think the list should go this way
    1) Mohd. Rafi
    2) KJ Jesudas
    3) Sonu Nigam
    4) SP Balasubramanyam
    5) M.G Sreekumar
    6) Kishore Kumar

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    1. Anonymous12:32 PM

      gadha h tu...

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    2. Anonymous4:52 AM

      tu kab se jugde ban gya jo Kishore kumar ko 6th position pe vej diya...... he is god of indian singers.....

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    3. rati sahab is no 1 male singer of india atter him number 2 position is for kishore da

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    4. rati sahab is no 1 male singer of india atter him number 2 position is for kishore da

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    5. right naveen bro

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    6. Anonymous11:49 PM

      ryt

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  10. Anonymous7:33 PM

    SP BALASUBRAHMANYAM IS NO 1 singer in india, above singers can sing only some type of songs but SPB can sing any type of song,he sung above 40,000 songs.still singing...........great

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  11. Anonymous10:55 AM

    All time top 10 singers in india

    1)Ghantasala
    2)Mohd Rafi
    3)Kishore kumar
    4)SP.Balasubrahmanyam
    5)Kj.jesudas
    6)Hariharan
    7)Shankarmahadevan
    8)Unnikrishnan
    9)Sonunigam
    10)uditnarayan.

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    1. Anonymous8:44 AM

      9)udit
      10)sonu

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    2. Anonymous8:17 AM

      Yes, GHANTASALA is the best singer, his singing capabilities are not comparable.

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    3. Anonymous11:30 AM

      K j yeshudas should be in top postion ,because he cn sing any type & he won most national awrds (7 tmes)

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  12. Anonymous11:02 AM

    are RD Burman and kumarsanu good singers? Rd burman is best music director, but not singer, kumar sanu is a singer but not best,uditnarayan is better than kumarsanu.

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    1. Anonymous12:34 PM

      kumar sanu kya chiz h, tu kya samjhega... he is king.

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    2. Anonymous10:37 AM

      tumko music nahi atha

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    3. kishore kumar always be thw no.1 singer...bt all singer is best their own position...and kumar sanu is the better singer than udit narayan...kumar sanu got 5 tym ff award continuously...those who r thinking kumar sanu is nt the best..they hav no idea abt music

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    4. kishore kumar always be thw no.1 singer...bt all singer is best their own position...and kumar sanu is the better singer than udit narayan...kumar sanu got 5 tym ff award continuously...those who r thinking kumar sanu is nt the best..they hav no idea abt music

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    5. Mr. Ano is claiming SPB AND KJY are best in india... typical south indian. His mind is preset actually. He forgot that this list is a top 10 list, they are not coming under this list,what to do... may be they are coming at no 11 or 12 position or latter. This list is correct one. He is claiming that this list is hind list, my question is ARE YOU PEOPLE (south) BEHAVING AS INDIAN????? THEN, WHY DON'T YOU MOST PEOPLE KNOW HINDI....????????????????????????

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    6. Anonymous12:28 PM

      Shame on u brother

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    7. Anonymous5:50 PM

      DO YOU KNOW WHO GOT THE MOST NUMBER OF NATIONAL AWARDS NOT SOUTH INDIAN AWARD KJY

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  13. Anonymous11:38 AM

    singer means who sing the songs,which penetrate into the hearts of normal people by his hearable voice only not by the knoledge of classical music,how many classical musicians can sing a song beautifully,in india so many singers have the knoledge of classical music that's it, but they are not good singers,and they cant satisfy the all music lovers,only 8 percent of people will satisfy(who have the good knoledge of classical music )with them. But a singer who have good voice,technique,good modulation,good slang,voice clarity,good pronunciation is best singer and his voice reaches to the ears and hearts of the 100 percent of the people(including 8 pesent).so the original all time best singers are

    1)Ghantasala
    2)Md rafi
    3)Kishorekumar
    4)Sp balasubrahmanyam
    5)Kj jesudas
    6)Hariharan
    7)Sankarmahadevan
    8)Unnikrishnan
    9)Sonunigam
    10)Uditnarayan

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    1. Anonymous8:21 AM

      GHANTASALA deserves the no.1 spot, Balasubramanyam is gr8

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    2. Anonymous9:09 AM

      Md. Rafi is king of melody.... he is all time best.. he deserves no.1 spot

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    3. yes u r right my brother rafi sahab is no 1 singer

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    4. Anonymous12:29 PM

      K J Yesudasji is the all time best

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    5. Anonymous12:32 PM

      Have u ever heard KJY's song... He is the all time best

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    6. Anonymous12:36 PM

      1) K J Yesudas
      2)Mohmd Rafi
      3)S P Balasubrahmanyam
      4)Hariharan
      5)Sankar Mahadevan
      6)Kishore Kumar
      7)Udit Narayan
      8)Sonu Nigam
      9)Unnikrishnan
      10)Ghantasala

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  14. this very nice blog that you have the posted on this web,thanks for the sharing.

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  15. Anonymous12:13 AM

    bad list making

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  16. Anonymous11:35 AM

    Where kj yesuji in this list and top.?

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    1. Anonymous2:52 AM

      any one can bacme rafi ,who spcilised in hind
      any one can sing like s.p b. in tamil
      can,kishor sing a tamil song, they are only singers but no one can sing like yesu das sir
      (becas ..........

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    2. Anonymous12:32 PM

      I agree with u sir. Nobody can be KJY. He is the all time best

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  17. Anonymous11:41 AM

    Kj yesuji is an air smooth singer. Anyother singer cant sing like his holy voice.

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    1. Anonymous12:30 PM

      I agree with sir. o doubt at all

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  18. Anonymous4:03 AM

    This is not a right list.

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  19. good maintain by adding bhupen hazarika. infact every songs lover should know him though he didn't sung many hindi song. GOD GIFTED VOICE.

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  20. nice maintain by adding bhupen hazarika

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  21. Anonymous11:56 PM

    Md.Rafi, k.J yesudas are the best & most melodious singers in india

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  22. Anonymous8:58 AM

    A good list of "north Indian" singers but not Indian "singers".

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  23. Anonymous5:37 AM

    Rafi & Yesudas

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  24. Anonymous4:43 AM

    There is no one that can be compared with SPB.
    The pitch level of SPB is much higher when compared with KJY.Listen to the song in Thalapathi. You can easily notice the difference in the voices.

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    1. Anonymous12:30 PM

      i agree with u,you are right no one can beat spb

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  25. Anonymous3:09 AM

    and of course the best voice ever is hemant kumar

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  26. Anonymous11:17 PM

    Rafi , Kishore, mukesh,sanu,sonu in sab ka BAAP hai Udit narayan (bhai)

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    1. Anonymous8:48 PM

      kown bathaya thumko?

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    2. Anonymous9:18 PM

      1)Ghantasala
      2)SPB
      3)SPB
      4)SPB
      5)SPB
      6)SPB
      7)SPB
      8)SPB
      9)SPB
      10)SPB
      3

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  27. Anonymous9:27 PM

    All these lists are rubbish. Himesh Reshmiya is the BESTEST singer in the world... :-)

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    1. Anonymous2:38 PM

      hahhahahahahahah

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    2. Anonymous3:22 PM

      Himesh Resham .naak se gaane waala singer

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  28. Anonymous10:08 PM

    all these lists are rubbish,comedian johnylever is no-1 singer in india

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  29. Anonymous5:24 AM

    Kumar Sanu the only best indian singer.. Tum sab chutiye ho salo, Kumar Sanu sabka baap hai

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    1. right bro..kumar sanu was the best...is the best..ll be the best..

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    2. Anonymous2:30 AM

      madharchod jo bhi kaha hai woh sab thik hai kumar sanu sab se best hai!!!

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  30. K.J.Yesudas is the best singer in India, I am absolutely sure that no other voices will ever match Yesudas's golden voice. May be Rafisaab will just come above him depending on high octave takes, but no voice is as sweet as Yesudas's. My list:
    1. KJ Yesudas.
    2. Mohammed Rafi
    3. Manna Dey
    4. Kishore Kumar
    5. S.P.Balasubramaniam

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  31. K.J.Yesudas is the best singer in India, I am absolutely sure that no other voices will ever match Yesudas's golden voice. May be Rafisaab will just come above him depending on high octave takes, but no voice is as sweet as Yesudas's. My list:
    1. KJ Yesudas.
    2. Mohammed Rafi
    3. Manna Dey
    4. Kishore Kumar
    5. S.P.Balasubramaniam

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  32. i think everybody is ok but instead of kumar sonu it should be sonu nigam and udit narayan forever because he always copy udit and he is veryproudy which shouldnot, that is why world best music composer till now did not give him a chance to sing in his song

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  33. Anonymous2:01 AM

    hey where is the king of ghazals jageet singh

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  34. Anonymous9:55 AM

    Yesudas

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  35. Anonymous12:10 AM

    1. Mohit Chauhan
    2. Kumar Sanu
    3. Kishore Kumar
    4. Mohd. Rafi
    5. Kj Yesudas
    6.Udit Narayan
    7. S.P. bala
    8. Sonu Nigam
    9. K.k
    10. Rahat Fateh Ali khan

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  36. Anonymous11:31 AM

    if we listen songs from maine pyarkiya,saajan,hum apke hi koun,sagar,we will get a feel that as we live in heaven...because of sp.balasubrahmanyam,,what a voice he have...great

    aajaa saam hone aayee
    mere rang me rang ne vali
    bhabhi theri bhehono
    pehla pehla pyar hi
    thumse milneke thamannahi......etc ho...marveles voice.no one can compare with SPB.

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  37. here is my list
    1 michael jackson
    2 mohd rafi
    3 lata mangeshkar
    4 kj yesudasd
    5 spb
    6 kalabhavan mani

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    1. Anonymous1:27 AM

      what did u understand man? was michael jackson indian?
      first u read above title.than publish.

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  38. Anonymous10:28 AM

    There is no doubt. KJY is the best singer in India.

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  39. Anonymous5:42 AM

    why your list of singers is led by kishore ? i don't think you have a perfect understanding of hindi film songs but just keep on the good work.all the best.

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  40. this seems to be a personal fav list of 10 singers of the person who has created it...how could anybody miss out sonu nigam who is d best singer india has ever seen, india has never seen any versatile singer to his match and on the popularity scale too...R.D.Burman as a singer? r u fooling the viewers...he is a music director and not a singer, he has used his hard voice in some parts of his compositions...

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  41. Anonymous9:59 AM

    can u tell any one completing 50 years of singing as Dr K J yesudas

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  42. Md rafi was D mostn unique.....he could sing for all types of actorz.......Hiz voice waz unmatchable..........HE AND LATA WAZ D BEST AND WILL B D BEST

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  43. Mayank Jain12:04 AM

    Many singers are unique in one or the other areas of singing. We cannot rate any of them as the best, Still we can rate them as(my personal view):
    Best Singer (Classical): Yesudas
    Best Singer (Play Back and feelings) : Kishore Kumar
    Best Singer (Range and Melody) : Mohd. Rafi
    Best Singer (South):S.P. Balasubramanium
    Best Singer (New Generation):Mohit Chauhan

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    1. I appreciate Mayank's point of view....there are different domains of singing and no one can fit equally in all of these..Universal Law is that no one n this world can be perfect.

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    2. Anonymous4:40 AM

      Rafi's range is less... he has limited lower frequency and higher freq capabilities... but he can be considered as father of play back singing with his addition of feelings to the songs

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  44. Anonymous6:29 AM

    god created man and each voice is great all are top

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  45. Mohd. Rafi is the best singer of the world. None can match him.

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    1. Anonymous12:40 PM

      Please hear KJY's songs

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  46. Mohd. Rafi is the best ever singer of the world. No other can match him in any respect. He is immortal voice of India.

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    1. Anonymous12:41 PM

      Plz hear KJY's few songs

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    1. Anonymous12:41 PM

      Plz hear KJY's few songs

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  48. very nice list sir kumar sanu is the my best singer i like it all songs that is the best.

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  49. This list doesnt make any sense.
    the list should be of the order :
    1. K.J.YESUDAS
    2. MOHAMMED RAFI
    3. LATHA MANGESHKAR
    4. K.S.CHITRA
    5. KISHOR KUMAR
    6. SP BALASUBRAMANYAM
    7. HARIHARAN
    8. SHREYA GHOSHAL
    9. SONU NIGAM
    10. --- ( DONT FIND ANYONE WORTH A 10TH SPOT TO SHARE THE SAME STAGE WITH THESE SINGERS)

    Im from MadhyaPradesh ,have learned hindustani music. In my knowlege ,there is no one who can be staged along with K.J.YESUDAS in the music fraternity. my guru Sir.ram keshav had ones told me to listen more of K.J.Y as his range to sing hindustani - carnatic - film songs - light music (any genre) is unmatached and unparallel to anyone who has lived before him to till date. Forget the devine voice and feel which is widely known - his pronunciation ,attitude to each genre of songs and proficiency in high - medium - low pitch is the best i have i heard till date. great singer ,fabulous ambassidor of indian music. KJY - saluting you genius.

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    1. Anonymous12:52 PM

      Absolutely.....and thanx for including k s chitra .she has the sweetest and clearest voice

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    2. Anonymous12:44 PM

      Absolutely right sir.. Nobody can sing like K J Yesudasji. His voice is God gifted.

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  51. Kumar sanu is the best.GREAT VOICE king of melody

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  52. Anonymous11:44 PM

    are salo music samaj me aate hai jo comment kartey ho rafi kishore mukesh sahab dobara nai ayengey they are god but in today only and only sonu nigham is considered best male playback singer in all sphere , he not only awarded in india as well as in usa australia uk , he has classical and commercial both , thats why late di said that if she would be mother then she wish sonu nigham as their son ,

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    1. she really said that? please give me the link of this.

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  53. Anonymous6:01 AM

    All are best at their place... One can not ascend them by any such parameters!!!

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  54. erm no k J yesudas? what does the author know about musuc...duh!

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  55. erm no k J yesudas? what does the author know about musuc...duh!

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  56. very nice list of Indian famous singers i like all singers but kumar sanu is my best he is the very outstanding singer in history of the india. thanks for the sharing.

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  57. Anonymous11:19 AM

    kumar sanu is best in the world

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  58. Anonymous11:55 AM

    Hv u all listened sonu nigam's live performance of "mana ho tum behad haseen".....n then compare the voice quality and melody...

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  59. Only sonu nigam is the bestttttttt of besttttttttttttt
    HE is the baap of rafi,kumar sanu.............
    And then kisore kumar is the best after sonu nigam......

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    1. Anonymous2:09 AM

      Oltah hai md rafi sabhi singers ke baap hai. Md rafi and javed ali are the best singers in dono ki aawaz dil ko chuleti hai inke gaano se hum kabhi bore nahi hote hai inki awaaz mai bohut sukoon milta hai so I think they both r the best

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  60. Anonymous6:55 AM

    yesudas

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  61. Kishore is Kishore, Rafi is Rafi and Mukesh is Mukesh and there is no one else!

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  62. I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR THE INDIAN PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN LISTENED TO THE GREAT VOICE OF Dr.K.J YESUDAS, THE LEGEND. THE REAL VERSATILE SINGER WHO CAN SING ALL TYPE OF SONGS INCLUDING KARNATIC, HINDUSTANI, FILM MUSIC, GAZALS, DEVOTIONAL SONGS (HINDU, CHRISTIAN,MUSLIM & OTHER)ETC... ONLY FEW IN THIS LIST MAY BE EVEN PLACED NEAR HIM COMPARED TO HIS CAPACITY & QUALITY OF SINGING.
    IT'S A FACT THAT HE SANG ONLY FEW HINDI SONGS, BUT MOST OF THEM WERE SUPER HITS.
    I REQUEST U TO COMMENT & MAKE THIS TYPE OF LIST ONLY IF U KNOW SOMETHING REGARDING THE SINGERS IN INDIA. OK ?

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  63. I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR THE INDIAN PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN LISTENED TO THE GREAT VOICE OF Dr.K.J YESUDAS, THE LEGEND. THE REAL VERSATILE SINGER WHO CAN SING ALL TYPE OF SONGS INCLUDING KARNATIC, HINDUSTANI, FILM MUSIC, GAZALS, DEVOTIONAL SONGS (HINDU, CHRISTIAN,MUSLIM & OTHER)ETC... ONLY FEW IN THIS LIST MAY BE EVEN PLACED NEAR HIM COMPARED TO HIS CAPACITY & QUALITY OF SINGING.
    IT'S A FACT THAT HE SANG ONLY FEW HINDI SONGS, BUT MOST OF THEM WERE SUPER HITS.
    I REQUEST U TO COMMENT & MAKE THIS TYPE OF LIST ONLY IF U KNOW SOMETHING REGARDING THE SINGERS IN INDIA. OK ?

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  64. I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR THE INDIAN PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN LISTENED TO THE GREAT VOICE OF Dr.K.J YESUDAS, THE LEGEND. THE REAL VERSATILE SINGER WHO CAN SING ALL TYPE OF SONGS INCLUDING KARNATIC, HINDUSTANI, FILM MUSIC, GAZALS, DEVOTIONAL SONGS (HINDU, CHRISTIAN,MUSLIM & OTHER)ETC... ONLY FEW IN THIS LIST MAY BE EVEN PLACED NEAR HIM COMPARED TO HIS CAPACITY & QUALITY OF SINGING.
    IT'S A FACT THAT HE SANG ONLY FEW HINDI SONGS, BUT MOST OF THEM WERE SUPER HITS.
    I REQUEST U TO COMMENT & MAKE THIS TYPE OF LIST ONLY IF U KNOW SOMETHING REGARDING THE SINGERS IN INDIA. OK ?

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  65. Anonymous12:55 AM

    I FEEL REALLY VERY SORRY FOR THOSE INDIAN LISTENERS WHO HAVEN'T EVEN LISTENED TO THE GREAT VOICE OF Dr.KJ YESUDAS, THE LEGEND.
    IT'S A FACT THAT HE SANG ONLY A FEW HINDI SONGS, BUT MOST OF THEM WERE SUPER HITS (eg.SONGS IN 'CHIT CHOR'.
    THE REAL VERSATILE SINGER WHO HAS ALREADY PROVEN HIS TALENT IN FILM MUSIC, KARNATIC, HINDUSTANI, DEVOTIONAL SONGS, GAZALS & SO ON.
    CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE A LIST OF BEST SINGERS WITHOUT HIM IN THE TOP PLACE. MANY OF THE SINGERS IN THIS LIST CANNOT BE EVEN PLACED NEAR HIM COMPARED TO HIS VERSATILITY. IF U HAVEN'T LISTENED TO HIS BEST, PLS DO LISTEN TO HIS MALAYALAM SONGS...
    HE HAS DONE MAGIC !!!

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  66. Rahul garewal6:30 AM

    I think the rank should be given to his capability, talent , versatility , range about his sad, Romantic,love, classical,semi-classical, fast song,patriotic song,gazal song, qawaali ,devotional song, sufi song, item song...those should be sing all these type of song, they were the no.1 position....
    The list of indian singer in male..
    1. Mohd Rafi
    2. S.p balasubramaniyam
    3. K. J yesudas
    4. Manna dey
    5. Sonu Nigam
    6. Kishore kumar
    7. Mukesh
    8. Hemant kumar
    9. Mahindra kapoor n suresh wadker
    10. Kumar sanu and udit narayan...
    Kishore kumar getting 6th rank because they doesn't command on classical and semiclassical song and patriotic n devotional song...

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    1. Anonymous6:04 AM

      I Agree with u SPB deserves that place...he is great singer..

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  67. Rahul garewal6:35 AM

    I think the rank should be given to his capability, talent , versatility , range about his sad, Romantic,love, classical,semi-classical, fast song,patriotic song,gazal song, qawaali ,devotional song, sufi song, item song...those should be sing all these type of song, they were the no.1 position....
    The list of indian singer in male..
    1. Mohd Rafi
    2. S.p balasubramaniyam
    3. K. J yesudas
    4. Manna dey
    5. Sonu Nigam
    6. Kishore kumar
    7. Mukesh
    8. Hemant kumar
    9. Mahindra kapoor n suresh wadker
    10. Kumar sanu and udit narayan...
    Kishore kumar getting 6th rank because they doesn't command on classical and semiclassical song and patriotic n devotional song...

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  68. Excuse me where is udit narayan he is much better than many of the above mentioned.... if u have any doubts the please look at the no.of awards won by him and listen to his songs and compare his voice by singers mentioned above.... from my side only kishore kumar mohd. rafi are better than udit narayan no one else!!!!!!

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  69. How can u forget Udit Narayan he is the best! see his no. of awards won by him and listen to his voice and songs!!!!!

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  70. Anonymous4:47 AM

    Dear All ,

    1.Rafi
    2.K.J.Jesudass& P.B.Srinivas
    3.Hariharan.
    4.Lata
    5.Janaki& Asha
    6.Chitra
    7.Shankar Mahadevan& S.P.Balasubramanian
    8.Sonu Nigham
    9.Sadhana Sargam&Shrea Goshal
    10.Udit and Kumar Sanu

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  71. Anonymous1:49 AM

    no udit narayan and sonu nigam on that list

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  72. LINE KISHORDA SE SHURU HOTI HAI AUR KISHOREDA PAR KHATAM HOTI HAI. GENIOUS KI PAHLI BPASAND-KISHORE---SACHIN TENDU, JAHIR KHAN, DHONI,SEHWAG,LAXMAN,ASHA BHOSLE,LATA,JAVED AKHTER,DEV SAHEB, RAJESH, AMITABH.....KI PAHLI PASAND

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  73. Anonymous9:41 AM

    Kumar Sanu is the best

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  74. Anonymous6:51 AM

    kj yesudas

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  75. Anonymous7:54 PM

    Rafi sahaab is the best no doubt

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  76. Anonymous9:15 PM

    it should be like this:
    1.kishore
    2.mukesh
    3.rafi
    4.shankar mahadevan ,shaan and sonu nigam
    5.s.d. burman
    6.kumar sanu
    7.r.d.burman


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  77. Anonymous7:48 AM

    kj yesudas

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  78. Anonymous11:33 PM

    mohamd Rafi no One,he is no 1 because he was famous in all India.but every person have diffrent tast and choice.

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  79. Anonymous7:47 PM

    i think comparisons and ratings are not worth,rather it is really difficult to rank singers.aLSO P.Jayachandran who has sung over 8000 songs, who possess such a sweet bass voice needs to be mentioned among candidates too.He is very much under rated.

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  80. Anonymous5:35 AM

    how can kishore be in the top list when he cannot sing Qwwalis, gazals and classical there was only one who could sing them all. one and only one Rafi saab

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  81. i think kishore kumar is really the best singer of all times.he got the most filmfare award for male playback singer.

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  82. Anonymous6:29 AM

    It's sad that no one knows Talat Mahmood, the incomparable soft voice and melody with emotion packed in it. Lataji and Rafisaab admire his voice. May be his songs you may like without knowing the singer!

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    1. Anonymous10:48 AM

      Talat mahmood, mukesh, Mahendra Kapoor, Hemant Kumar and many more all belong to average ordinary singers.

      Only Lata,Rafi,Asha are top most class.
      Manna dey, Kishore kumar second best.
      Remaining third class.

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  83. Anonymous9:17 PM

    tm soundararajan?

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  84. Anonymous11:40 AM

    SPB & Mohd Rafi are the only two singers who can sing any song...Out of them SPB's voice is the more melodious...Ghantasala, KJY, & Kishore Kumar are also great singers but cannot sing songs for all situations....Remaining singers like Sonu nigam, X, Y, Z are simply useless....Scrap...Only Bollywood knows them ...Bollywood can make a dustbin also into the limelight...

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    1. Anonymous10:17 AM

      I Agree with u...only one singer in india who can sing any type of song that is SP.BALASUBRAHMANYAM.

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  85. Anonymous9:53 AM

    Kishore Kumar is the best.

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  86. u are right my brother

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  87. Anonymous9:00 AM

    There could be thousands of regional singers.. But the best are-
    1 Mohd Rafi
    2 Kishore
    3 Mukesh
    4 KJY
    5 Manna dey
    6 Ghantasala
    7 SPB
    8 KL Saigal
    9 PB Srinivas
    But if you consider classical singers, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi will top the list

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  88. 1-k.l.sahagal 2-m.rafi 3-mukesh 4-mannadey 5-kishore 6-mahendrakapoor 7-uditnarayan 8-sonunigam 9-sureshwadkar these and all of differ shree yasudas.

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  89. Anonymous2:00 AM

    My all time fav singers are md rafi and javed ali I truly love their voice

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  90. Best singer for all time is md rafi only, on first yr indepandance day our pandit jawahar lal nehru our pM also accpeted the same, he is only singer how know all 7 SUR, i request you guys not to compare anyone with him,
    1.md rafi

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    1. Anonymous12:50 PM

      Plz listen KJY's few songs

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  91. md rafi is all time best star dust magzine has given him millinum singer to him, he kowns all 7 SUR, our first PM nehru given a award him as a best singer in all time, dont compare with him to anyone , he shouldbe nos one, dont make a list as your fav, make a list as per a tanlent
    1. md rafi

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  92. Anonymous11:54 PM

    1-kishore 2-rafi 3-kumar sanu 4-udit narayan

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  93. Anonymous8:53 AM

    Yesudas and SPB should be at the top of the list.

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  94. Anonymous7:53 AM

    i think
    1) hriday tulsiani
    2) kishore kumar
    3) rafi
    4)udit narayan
    5)javed ali

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  95. Anonymous6:02 AM

    Please listen SPB songs than decide... SPB should be at the top of the list.

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  96. Anonymous3:35 AM

    1)kishor kumar
    2)hriday tulsiani
    3)rafi

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  97. Anonymous11:36 PM

    1 Mohd Rafi
    2 KJY
    3 Mukesh
    4 kishore
    5 Manna dey
    6 Ghantasala
    7 SPB
    8 KL Saigal
    9 PB Sriniva

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  98. Anonymous12:40 PM

    Udit Narayan > Rafi > Kishore > Sonu > Kumar Sanu

    Udit Narayan has the best voice for playback singing

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  99. Anonymous9:26 PM

    Kjy rafi kishore spb

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  100. Anonymous9:46 AM

    where is kk

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    1. Anonymous12:18 PM

      Iam also Hearted where is the god of singers kk

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  101. Anonymous10:49 AM

    those who are talking about SP Bala ans KJY Must i admit they are one of the greats but they themselves admit Rafi as their Guru. Lata says Rafi saab had vocal range to out class any singer including me Asha Manna dey and kishore da. S P Bala says No one can sing like Rafi for me his the ultimate singer.KJY saya Rafi is his mansik Guru. what we are talking about . Rafi is the greatest forget kishore none counts him in even first 20. what kishore sings any one can sing .That is why none of these greats will ever mention his name.In range and class no one equals rafi

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    1. Anonymous12:52 PM

      This list doesnt make any sense.
      the list should be of the order :
      1. K.J.YESUDAS
      2. MOHAMMED RAFI
      3. LATHA MANGESHKAR
      4. K.S.CHITRA
      5. KISHOR KUMAR
      6. SP BALASUBRAMANYAM
      7. HARIHARAN
      8. SHREYA GHOSHAL
      9. SONU NIGAM
      10. --- ( DONT FIND ANYONE WORTH A 10TH SPOT TO SHARE THE SAME STAGE WITH THESE SINGERS)

      Im from MadhyaPradesh ,have learned hindustani music. In my knowlege ,there is no one who can be staged along with K.J.YESUDAS in the music fraternity. my guru Sir.ram keshav had ones told me to listen more of K.J.Y as his range to sing hindustani - carnatic - film songs - light music (any genre) is unmatached and unparallel to anyone who has lived before him to till date. Forget the devine voice and feel which is widely known - his pronunciation ,attitude to each genre of songs and proficiency in high - medium - low pitch is the best i have i heard till date. great singer ,fabulous ambassidor of indian music. KJY - saluting you genius.

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  102. Anonymous12:18 PM

    the one above who said sonu nigam is scrap and dustbin hey mr 10 percent ask ur overrated kishore kumar to sing atleast a half of soona soona song from sonu album classicaly mild . 1 rafi 2 sonu den udit

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  103. Anonymous11:09 PM

    kjy?

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  104. Anonymous11:16 PM

    anonymous

    in india, all hindi film singers(including the latest) are more popular than other regional singers because of their association with hindi as national language. just for a moment, imagine all the hindi singers in other languages and now tell me where they would have been today? nowhere or very little known. if all the regional languages are on par with hindi, then the greatest ever film singer in our country would be without a doubt GHANTASALA. even lataji and rafi considered him incomparable. a fan may prefer other singers but a pure musician always prefers GHANTASALA easily over other indian film singers.

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    1. Anonymous12:53 PM

      This list doesnt make any sense.
      the list should be of the order :
      1. K.J.YESUDAS
      2. MOHAMMED RAFI
      3. LATHA MANGESHKAR
      4. K.S.CHITRA
      5. KISHOR KUMAR
      6. SP BALASUBRAMANYAM
      7. HARIHARAN
      8. SHREYA GHOSHAL
      9. SONU NIGAM
      10. --- ( DONT FIND ANYONE WORTH A 10TH SPOT TO SHARE THE SAME STAGE WITH THESE SINGERS)

      Im from MadhyaPradesh ,have learned hindustani music. In my knowlege ,there is no one who can be staged along with K.J.YESUDAS in the music fraternity. my guru Sir.ram keshav had ones told me to listen more of K.J.Y as his range to sing hindustani - carnatic - film songs - light music (any genre) is unmatached and unparallel to anyone who has lived before him to till date. Forget the devine voice and feel which is widely known - his pronunciation ,attitude to each genre of songs and proficiency in high - medium - low pitch is the best i have i heard till date. great singer ,fabulous ambassidor of indian music. KJY - saluting you genius.

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  105. Anonymous9:38 PM

    Mohd. Rafi is far superior singer then KK. KK admits that and a simple example is, when KK was trying to record film Hati Mera Sathi song.. Nafrat ki duniya ko.. he did try 5 times but could not sing the song of that caliber. He then requested MD to contact Mohd Rafi and let him sing this difficult song. Rest is history.. Rafi sang that song and became super hit surpassed all other song in that movie.. SO..RAFI is KING OF KING.. GREATEST OF ALL GREATS..

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    1. Anonymous12:53 PM

      This list doesnt make any sense.
      the list should be of the order :
      1. K.J.YESUDAS
      2. MOHAMMED RAFI
      3. LATHA MANGESHKAR
      4. K.S.CHITRA
      5. KISHOR KUMAR
      6. SP BALASUBRAMANYAM
      7. HARIHARAN
      8. SHREYA GHOSHAL
      9. SONU NIGAM
      10. --- ( DONT FIND ANYONE WORTH A 10TH SPOT TO SHARE THE SAME STAGE WITH THESE SINGERS)

      Im from MadhyaPradesh ,have learned hindustani music. In my knowlege ,there is no one who can be staged along with K.J.YESUDAS in the music fraternity. my guru Sir.ram keshav had ones told me to listen more of K.J.Y as his range to sing hindustani - carnatic - film songs - light music (any genre) is unmatached and unparallel to anyone who has lived before him to till date. Forget the devine voice and feel which is widely known - his pronunciation ,attitude to each genre of songs and proficiency in high - medium - low pitch is the best i have i heard till date. great singer ,fabulous ambassidor of indian music. KJY - saluting you genius.

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  106. Anonymous12:16 PM

    Where is kk the singer with most no of hits songs after 2000

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    1. Anonymous8:02 AM

      I think the credit of hit song goes to the music director predominantly. If the composition is good, any good singer can produce that as a hit one....

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  107. Anonymous7:01 AM



    All of you- don't know anything about singing and just making comparison of these gems of indian cinema.

    can anyone among you sings like them??? I m sure no one, so stop comparison. go and learn singing first than make comparisons- only than you will know how tough is singing and comparison.

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  108. Kishore is my favorite singer. I love his music. Nice List.

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  109. Anonymous12:52 AM

    Where's the name of k.k

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  110. Anonymous12:42 PM

    sonu nigam sab ka baap hai singing mein!!!!!!!!
    koi doosra singer usse satt nahin sakta.

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  111. Anonymous12:51 PM

    masoom chehra from film ansh 2002 sung by sonu nigam shows the real melodious playback singing

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  112. Anonymous12:56 PM

    sonu nigam fits in all genres of music and it is because of this sonu nigam is a superset in mathematical language

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  113. Anonymous8:00 AM

    I am totally satisfied with your list.Kishore kumar is the no.1 singer of India at any time.

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  114. i think it is list of bollywood great. where is spb sir ,greatest of all time,hahiharan sir,shankar mahadevan,sonu nigam,ghantasala,

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  115. i think list should be like this way
    1.rafi sir
    2.ghantasala
    3.spb
    4.yesudas
    5.kishore kumar
    6.pb srinivas
    7.hariharan
    8.shankar mahadevan
    9.sonu nigam
    10.k.k
    .

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    1. Anonymous12:53 PM

      This list doesnt make any sense.
      the list should be of the order :
      1. K.J.YESUDAS
      2. MOHAMMED RAFI
      3. LATHA MANGESHKAR
      4. K.S.CHITRA
      5. KISHOR KUMAR
      6. SP BALASUBRAMANYAM
      7. HARIHARAN
      8. SHREYA GHOSHAL
      9. SONU NIGAM
      10. --- ( DONT FIND ANYONE WORTH A 10TH SPOT TO SHARE THE SAME STAGE WITH THESE SINGERS)

      Im from MadhyaPradesh ,have learned hindustani music. In my knowlege ,there is no one who can be staged along with K.J.YESUDAS in the music fraternity. my guru Sir.ram keshav had ones told me to listen more of K.J.Y as his range to sing hindustani - carnatic - film songs - light music (any genre) is unmatached and unparallel to anyone who has lived before him to till date. Forget the devine voice and feel which is widely known - his pronunciation ,attitude to each genre of songs and proficiency in high - medium - low pitch is the best i have i heard till date. great singer ,fabulous ambassidor of indian music. KJY - saluting you genius.

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  116. Really Nice Post. These singer are really very fabulous and awesome. I appreciate your list.

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    1. Anonymous3:39 AM

      what a fake list is this..? where is Sonu Nigam? ..do you live in a dustbin like a cockroach who knows nothing about the world? Sonu Nigam is the only singer form India who is popular abroad. He was invited at Harvard university to perform in the front of Ex US president George bush. he collaborated with international singers, bands and musicians like Britney, Jermane Jackson(bro of MJ to tribute MJ) avicii and jay sean.He collaborated with world's best UK based Buckingham symphony orchestra. he is also popular in Asian countries like Nepal, Maldive, Dubai and Shir Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. he was invited to take dinner with Shri lankan president. and the president of Maldive himself danced with him on stage. he is also loved by all veteran popular playback singers and classical maestros of India like Lata ji, asha ji, manna da, mehandi hasan, naushad, jagjeet sahab, pandit jasraj, Anup jalota and all and even udit narayan shed tears when sonu sang a song in front of him. he is one the most popular celebrities on facebook. see likes on his fan page. he was ranked at 4 in the list of top 10 popular singers of the world. he was mentioned in a textbook of Gk in US school syllabys. he is the only playback singer who can sing both commercials and classicals witrh same perfection..not only can sing but can play many musical instruments as well.. his name was recorded in guineas book of records for singing song Tees mar khan in 54 voices..he is the most versatile singer India has ever produced. he is the one and only who is popular in all form of music pop, playback, bhajans, classicals , gazals and all. no fact is false..you can search on google, watch on youtube, check out on facebook.

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  117. Anonymous7:58 AM

    I personally enjoy Kishore Kumar's songs more. But if we take in to consideration evaluation of great singers themselves(who is supposed to know better than us), Md. Rafi is the best of all time....

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  118. Anonymous12:21 AM

    1) mohamad rafi
    2) k.j.jesudas
    3)kishore kumar
    4)S.P.B

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  119. saji kochukudiyil12:19 AM

    No doubt.yeashudas is ever time nu 1.becouse his holy sound and .classical base.and more number song.he ge 7 times national award.other singers almostly out from prime stream play back singing.but kjy singing nowalso well.

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  120. rafiji,kishorji,ksanu,uditji,sonu nigam are top 5 melodious singers of all time.

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  121. Kishoreda is no 1 to no 10 actually,no one is anywhere near Him.

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  122. Anonymous5:33 AM

    It's your opinion. I respect it.
    Otherwise Md Rafi, Lata & Asha Mangeshkar are all tiime great singers of Bollywood.

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  123. Anonymous4:07 AM

    MUSIC SHOULD NOT BE RATED LIKE THIS .. IT IS DIVINE .. BUT I LOVE YESUDAS SIR , SPB SIR , RAFI SIR , KISHOR SIR

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