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Usha Mangeshkar
Person · female · British Raj · Indore · born 1935 · recording since 1971
Indian singer (1935-)
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Also known as उषा मंगेशकर · ウシャ・マンゲシュカル
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1930s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: ગુજારાતી ગીતો
First documented EP in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography162 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1357884887
Biography
Usha Mangeshkar (born 15 December 1935) is an Indian singer who has recorded many Marathi, Manipuri, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Odia and Assamese songs. She is the youngest among four Mangeshkar sisters, after Lata Mangeshkar, Meena Khadikar and Asha Bhosle as well as only elder from brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar. In 2025, she received Filmfare Marathi Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to Marathi cinema.
Career
Mangeshkar came into the spotlight as a playback singer after singing some devotional songs for the movie Jai Santoshi Maa (1975), which became an all-time blockbuster. She was nominated for the Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer award for her song "Main to Aarti" in that film. She sang the same songs for that movie's remake in 2006.
Mangeshkar is known for her famous song "Mungda" and songs for the Marathi movie Pinjara.
She is famous also for her song Chupi Chupi Gori Kane in Odia Film "Abhiman"(1977).
She had also produced musical drama Phoolwanti for Doordarshan.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 25 | 86.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 3 | 15.8th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups)
EP · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | ગુજારાતી ગીતોSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracksAઆજ ડિકરિ જાય સાસરે (લગ્ન ગીત્) B1આજે સવારના બોલ્યો તો કાગડો B2મારો પ્રિતમ પરદેશથી આવશે | 1971 | ||
| 1973 | ગુજારાતી ગીતSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracksA1નેજાવાને પાંદડે પોઢ્યા માધવ તમે A2આરે ધરતી ને આરે B1રાત દિવસનો રસ્તો વાલમ B2સંત બતાવોજી | 1973 | ||
| 1974 | ગુજરાતી ગીતSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracksA1લાલ ચટક ચુંદડીમાં વરસે ગુલમ્હોર A2મુરલી અમથી નહી મીઠી મીઠી લાગે B1ગોરી ઘુમે દઈને તાલ B2ઘુમતી ઘુમતી ઘુમતી રે | 1974 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Usha Mangeshkar head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 25 | 86.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 3 | 15.8th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usha_Mangeshkar_2007_-_still_19426_crop.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/af24eec6-3f6d-42fa-be40-ea8376b8bb03discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/af24eec6-3f6d-42fa-be40-ea8376b8bb03core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3288794genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3288794seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usha_Mangeshkarbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usha_Mangeshkar
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Indian playback singers — rank #200
Usha Mangeshkar | 1954–present | Marathi, Hindi, Assamese, Gujarati, Bengali, Nepali, Odia, Urdu
Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 25 language versions)
Image: Bollywood Hungama · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3288794 · MusicBrainz: af24eec6-3f6d-42fa-be40-ea8376b8bb03
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