বিখ্যাত গায়িকা অলকা ইয়াগনিকের জীবনের ইতিহাস। biography of alka yagnik

Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who worked predominantly in Hindi cinema from 1980s to mid 2010s.[1][2] One of the most prominent singers of 1990s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades including two National Film Awards, two Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards and seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer[note 1] from thirty-seven nominations.[3][4][5][6] She was honoured with Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for her contribution to Indian music and playback singing in 2026.[7]Yagnik has sung maximum female solo songs in her Bollywood career along with Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.[8] Several of her soundtracks were included in the BBC "Top 40 Bollywood soundtracks of all time".[9] Yagnik is the most popular music artist of all time on YouTube, with the mention in the Guinness Book of World Records of 17 billion streams in 2021 and 16.6 billion in 2020. As of 2026, she is the most streamed weekly music artist on Youtube.