Artists from India

340 published artists from India, led by Lata Mangeshkar, A. R. Rahman and Shreya Ghoshal. The list below shows the 120 most famous.

At a glance

340 published artists from India; 579 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists72 tier 1 · 6 tier 2 · 262 tier 3: 340
Release groups: 6,249
Studio albums: 997
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 579
Timeline events: 1,660
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 2.2B
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 20.1 years
Full biographies: 195
Biography words: 374,342

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 2010s (58 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1940s	1
1950s	2
1960s	5
1970s	8
1980s	20
1990s	43
2000s	45
2010s	58
2020s	16

142 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Genres in India

Top 8 genres by artist count. Indian film music is the most common, with 63 artists.

Covers from India

579 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Aurat
Lata Mangeshkar · 2018
Meera Bhajans
Lata Mangeshkar · 1968
Songs of Rabindranath
Lata Mangeshkar · 1944
Caravan
Lata Mangeshkar
Raunaq
A. R. Rahman · 2014
Connections
A. R. Rahman · 2011
Rhythm
A. R. Rahman · 2000
Vande Mātaram
A. R. Rahman · 1997
Set Me Free
A. R. Rahman · 1991
Krishnavataram - Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam)
Shreya Ghoshal · 2026
Laila Majnu
Shreya Ghoshal · 2018
Mukhor Porag
Shreya Ghoshal · 2015

Leaders

A. R. Rahman has the most release groups (399); Lata Mangeshkar the longest career (81 years); A. R. Rahman the most awards (268).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
A. R. Rahman	399
Pritam	239
Zubeen Garg	234
Rahul Dev Burman	196
Yuvan Shankar Raja	194

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Lata Mangeshkar	81
Sachin Dev Burman	73
Kishore Kumar	69
Ila Arun	64
Rahul Dev Burman	64

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
A. R. Rahman	268
Lata Mangeshkar	24
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	14
Shaan	14
Rahul Dev Burman	12

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Most famous artists from India

Lata Mangeshkar

India · Person · born 1929

world music, Indian film music, Hindustani classical music, Indian classical music, bhajan

19.1M listeners · 87 wikis

A. R. Rahman

India · Person · born 1966

pop music, pop rock, dance music, electronic music, soft rock, electronic dance music, classical music, folk-pop, world music, Carnatic music, Indian classical music, experimental music

46.7M listeners · 66 wikis

Shreya Ghoshal

India · Person · born 1984

pop music, pop rock, folk-pop, Indian film music, Carnatic music, Hindustani classical music, qawwali, ghazal

56.2M listeners · 59 wikis

Arijit Singh

India · Person · born 1987

pop rock, folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop

53.4M listeners · 31 wikis

Alka Yagnik

India · Person · born 1966

Indian film music, Indian pop, Indian classical music, bhajan, Indian folk music

27.2M listeners · 46 wikis

Udit Narayan Jha

India · Person · born 1955

classical music, Indian film music, ghazal, Indian pop

33.5M listeners · 41 wikis

Sonu Nigam

India · Person · born 1973

pop rock, folk-pop, Indian film music, Carnatic music, Hindustani classical music

27.5M listeners · 42 wikis

Pritam

India · Person · born 1971

50.8M listeners · 25 wikis

Sunidhi Chauhan

India · Person · born 1983

folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop

30.5M listeners · 36 wikis

Atif Aslam

India · Person · born 1983

pop music

31.6M listeners · 33 wikis

Shankar Mahadevan

India · Person · born 1967

jazz, Indian film music, Carnatic music, Indian pop

31.6M listeners · 28 wikis

Himesh Reshammiya

India · Person · born 1973

pop rock, dance-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop, Indian rock

26.3M listeners · 31 wikis

Artists from India

At a glance

When they started

Genres in India

Covers from India

Leaders

Most prolific

Longest careers

Most decorated

Related

Indian film music in other countries

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Most famous artists from India

Lata Mangeshkar

A. R. Rahman

Shreya Ghoshal

Arijit Singh

Alka Yagnik

Udit Narayan Jha

Sonu Nigam

Pritam

Sunidhi Chauhan

Atif Aslam

Shankar Mahadevan

Himesh Reshammiya

More from India

Kishore Kumar

KK

Shruti Haasan

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Anu Malik

Vishal–Shekhar

Neeti Mohan

Kumar Sanu

Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy

Dhanush

Kavita Krishnamurthy

Anirudh Ravichander

Badshah

Neha Kakkar

Amit Trivedi

Yo Yo Honey Singh

Chinmayi Sripada

Shilpa Rao

Mohit Chauhan

Mithoon

K. S. Chithra

Armaan Malik

Rahul Dev Burman

Anuradha Paudwal

Palak Muchhal

Tulsi Kumar

Kailash Kher

Javed Ali

Sukhwinder Singh

Sadhana Sargam

Amaal Mallik

Hariharan

Vishal Dadlani

Salim-Sulaiman

Vishal Mishra

Jasmine Sandlas

Harris Jayaraj

Shaan

Ayushmann Khurrana

Jubin Nautiyal

Jeet Ganguly

Abhijeet Bhattacharya

Shashwat Sachdev

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Devi Sri Prasad

Roop Kumar Rathod

Nadeem-Shravan

Harshdeep Kaur

Alisha Chinai

Benny Dayal

Asees Kaur

Rekha Bhardwaj

Guru Randhawa

G. V. Prakash