Indian film music artists
75 published Indian film music artists, led by Lata Mangeshkar, Shreya Ghoshal and Asha Bhosle.
At a glance
75 published Indian film music artists; 242 studio albums have verified cover art.
- Published artists33 tier 1 · 8 tier 2 · 34 tier 3
- 75
- Release groups
- 2,117
- Studio albums
- 504
- Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive
- 242
- Timeline events
- 685
- Monthly listenerssum across artists
- 982.1M
- Average career spanfirst to last dated release
- 25 years
- Full biographies
- 57
- Biography words
- 139,934
When they started
Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 2010s (20 artists).
| Decade | Artists |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1 |
| 1950s | 2 |
| 1960s | 2 |
| 1970s | 2 |
| 1980s | 9 |
| 1990s | 15 |
| 2000s | 13 |
| 2010s | 20 |
| 2020s | 3 |
Where they come from
Countries with the most Indian film music artists. India leads with 63.
Often paired with
Genres that share artists with Indian film music. The most shared is Indian pop, with 36 artists in both.
Covers from Indian film music
242 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
Krishnavataram - Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam)
Shreya Ghoshal · 2026
Laila Majnu
Shreya Ghoshal · 2018
Mukhor Porag
Shreya Ghoshal · 2015
Humnasheen
Shreya Ghoshal · 2014
Mon Kamoner Station
Shreya Ghoshal · 2012
Ei Aakash Tomari
Shreya Ghoshal · 2001
Ekti Katha
Shreya Ghoshal · 1999
Meraj E Ghazal
Asha Bhosle · 2018
Leaders
Zubeen Garg has the most release groups (234); Lata Mangeshkar the longest career (81 years); Lata Mangeshkar the most awards (24).
Most prolific
| Artist | release groups |
|---|---|
| Zubeen Garg | 234 |
| Devi Sri Prasad | 133 |
| Anirudh Ravichander | 128 |
| Arijit Singh | 127 |
| Lata Mangeshkar | 101 |
Longest careers
first to last dated release
| Artist | years |
|---|---|
| Lata Mangeshkar | 81 |
| Kishore Kumar | 69 |
| Asha Bhosle | 68 |
| Ila Arun | 64 |
| Mohammed Rafi | 60 |
Most decorated
| Artist | awards |
|---|---|
| Lata Mangeshkar | 24 |
| Mohammed Rafi | 22 |
| Asha Bhosle | 15 |
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 14 |
| Shaan | 14 |
Most famous Indian film music artists
Lata Mangeshkar
India · Person · born 1929
world music, Indian film music, Hindustani classical music, Indian classical music, bhajan
19.1M listeners · 87 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
Asha Bhosle
British Raj · Person · born 1933
pop music, world music, Indian film music, Hindustani classical music, qawwali, ghazal, Indian classical music, Indian rock, bhajan, Indian folk music
16.2M listeners · 60 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
Sunidhi Chauhan
India · Person · born 1983
folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop
30.5M listeners · 36 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
Mohammed Rafi
British Raj · Person · born 1924
Indian film music, Carnatic music, qawwali, ghazal, Indian classical music, bhajan, Thumri
9M listeners · 54 wikis
Kishore Kumar
India · Person · born 1929
rock and roll, Indian film music, Hindustani classical music, ghazal
13.3M listeners · 45 wikis
More Indian film music artists
Showing 1–63 of 63 artists
KK
India · Person · born 1968
pop music, pop rock, Indian film music
29.1M listeners · 27 wikis · Tier 3
Shruti Haasan
India · Person · born 1986
pop rock, alternative rock, folk-pop, Indian film music, Carnatic music
8.5M listeners · 54 wikis · Tier 3
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Pakistan · Person · born 1974
Indian film music, qawwali, ghazal
22.3M listeners · 31 wikis · Tier 1
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
India · Person · born 1946
Indian film music, Carnatic music, Hindustani classical music
19.5M listeners · 34 wikis · Tier 2
Neeti Mohan
India · Person · born 1979
pop music, folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop
20.4M listeners · 27 wikis · Tier 1
Kumar Sanu
India · Person · born 1957
Indian film music
17M listeners · 31 wikis · Tier 1
Kavita Krishnamurthy
India · Person · born 1958
jazz fusion, folk-pop, Indian film music, Carnatic music, Indian pop, Indian folk music
14.8M listeners · 32 wikis · Tier 1
Anirudh Ravichander
India · Person · born 1990
dance-pop, jazz fusion, folk-pop, Indian film music, Carnatic music, folktronica
25.9M listeners · 19 wikis · Tier 1
Neha Kakkar
India · Person · born 1988
contemporary R&B, folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop
14.9M listeners · 31 wikis · Tier 1
Yo Yo Honey Singh
India · Person · born 1983
pop music, contemporary R&B, electronic dance music, hip-hop, pop rap, folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop, bhangra
20M listeners · 23 wikis · Tier 1
Diljit Dosanjh
United States · Person · born 1984
pop music, folk-pop, Indian film music, bhangra
18.4M listeners · 25 wikis · Tier 1
Mohit Chauhan
India · Person · born 1960
Indian film music, Indian pop, Indian rock
28.4M listeners · 14 wikis · Tier 1
K. S. Chithra
India · Person · born 1963
Indian film music, Carnatic music, Hindustani classical music, Indian pop
16.5M listeners · 26 wikis · Tier 1
Anuradha Paudwal
India · Person · born 1952
Indian film music, bhajan, Indian folk music
13.7M listeners · 29 wikis · Tier 1
Palak Muchhal
India · Person · born 1994
folk-pop, Indian film music, Hindustani classical music
18.6M listeners · 21 wikis · Tier 1
Kailash Kher
India · Person · born 1973
folk rock, pop rock, Indian film music, independent music, Sufi rock, Sufi music
17.8M listeners · 21 wikis · Tier 1
Sukhwinder Singh
India · Person · born 1971
folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop, bhangra
15.8M listeners · 23 wikis · Tier 1
Sadhana Sargam
India · Person · born 1974
Indian film music, Carnatic music, Hindustani classical music, Indian folk music
16M listeners · 22 wikis · Tier 1
Hariharan
India · Person · born 1955
Indian film music, Carnatic music, ghazal, Indian classical music
17.3M listeners · 20 wikis · Tier 1
Vishal Dadlani
India · Person · born 1973
soul, electronic rock, folk-pop, electronica, Indian film music, Indian pop, Indian rock
23.6M listeners · 12 wikis · Tier 1
Jasmine Sandlas
India · Person · born 1988
contemporary R&B, folk-pop, Indian film music, bhangra
18.2M listeners · 16 wikis · Tier 1
Shaan
India · Person · born 1972
pop rock, folk-pop, Indian film music, Carnatic music, Hindustani classical music, qawwali, ghazal, bhajan
15.1M listeners · 20 wikis · Tier 1
Devi Sri Prasad
India · Person · born 1982
folk-pop, Indian film music, Carnatic music
17.8M listeners · 12 wikis · Tier 1
Harshdeep Kaur
India · Person · born 1986
folk-pop, Indian film music, bhangra, Sufi music, Bollywood
11.2M listeners · 21 wikis · Tier 3
Alisha Chinai
India · Person · born 1965
Indian film music, Indian pop
9.5M listeners · 25 wikis · Tier 3
Benny Dayal
India · Person · born 1984
Indian film music, Indian pop
16.8M listeners · 12 wikis · Tier 1
Guru Randhawa
India · Person · born 1991
folk-pop, indie pop, Indian film music, Indian pop, bhangra
12.7M listeners · 17 wikis · Tier 1
Sid Sriram
India · Person · born 1990
rhythm and blues, Indian film music, Carnatic music, Indian pop
17.2M listeners · 9 wikis · Tier 1
Monali Thakur
India · Person · born 1985
Indian film music, Hindustani classical music, Indian pop
7M listeners · 28 wikis · Tier 3
Ankit Tiwari
India · Person · born 1990
Indian film music, Indian pop
14.6M listeners · 11 wikis · Tier 1
S. Janaki
British Raj · Person · born 1938
Indian film music, Carnatic music, Indian folk music
9.5M listeners · 19 wikis · Tier 3
Mika Singh
India · Person · born 1977
hip-hop, folk-pop, Indian film music, bhangra
10.5M listeners · 16 wikis · Tier 3
Kanika Kapoor
India · Person · born 1978
Indian film music, Indian pop, bhangra
6.2M listeners · 27 wikis · Tier 3
Nikhita Gandhi
India · Person · born 1991
dance-pop, electropop, Indian film music, Indian pop
10.7M listeners · 10 wikis · Tier 3
Silambarasan TR
India · Person · born 1984
folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop
6.4M listeners · 21 wikis · Tier 3
Haricharan
India · Person · born 1987
folk-pop, Indian film music, Carnatic music, Indian pop
12.2M listeners · 6 wikis · Tier 1
Suzanne D'Mello
India · Person · born 1976
rhythm and blues, jazz, Indian film music, Indian pop
10.7M listeners · 8 wikis · Tier 3
Meet Bros
Group · 2005–present
Indian film music, Indian pop, film score
10.7M listeners · 8 wikis · Tier 3
Nakash Aziz
India · Person · born 1985
pop rock, folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop, acoustic music
10.7M listeners · 5 wikis · Tier 3
Harrdy Sandhu
India · Person · born 1986
jazz, electronic dance music, Indian film music, Hindustani classical music, film score
8.9M listeners · 9 wikis · Tier 3
Mamta Sharma
India · Person · born 1980
folk-pop, Indian film music
7.3M listeners · 13 wikis · Tier 3
Hiphop Tamizha
India · Group · 2005–present
hip-hop, Indian film music
9.4M listeners · 7 wikis · Tier 3
Richa Sharma
India · Person · born 1974
Indian film music, Hindustani classical music, ghazal
6.6M listeners · 12 wikis · Tier 3
Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar
India · Person · born 1974
contemporary R&B, pop rock, adult contemporary music, folk-pop, Indian film music, Carnatic music, Indian pop
46 wikis · Tier 2
Zubeen Garg
India · Person · born 1972
rock music, adult contemporary music, folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop, Indian folk music, music of Assam
42 wikis · Tier 2
Daler Mehndi
India · Person · born 1967
pop music, Indian film music, Indian pop, bhangra
35 wikis · Tier 3
Ila Arun
India · Person · born 1954
folk-pop, Indian film music
32 wikis · Tier 3
Noor Jehan
Pakistan · Person · born 1926
classical music, Indian film music, qawwali
32 wikis · Tier 2
Usha Uthup
India · Person · born 1947
Indian film music, Indian classical music
25 wikis · Tier 3
Andrea Jeremiah
India · Person · born 1986
dance-pop, synth-pop, folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop
25 wikis · Tier 3
Usha Mangeshkar
British Raj · Person · born 1935
Indian film music, Indian classical music
25 wikis · Tier 3
Gurdas Maan
India · Person · born 1957
folk-pop, Indian film music, bhangra, Indian folk music
21 wikis · Tier 3
Surinder Kaur
British Raj · Person · born 1929
folk music, Indian film music, Punjabi folk music
20 wikis · Tier 3
Lucky Ali
India · Person · born 1958
folk-pop, world music, Indian film music, Indian pop
18 wikis · Tier 3
Sonu Kakkar
India · Person · born 1979
folk-pop, Indian film music, Indian pop
17 wikis · Tier 3
Angaraag Mahanta
India · Person · born 1976
jazz, folk-pop, Indian film music, ghazal, Indian pop, Indian folk music, music of Assam
14 wikis · Tier 3
Gippy Grewal
India · Person · born 1983
pop rap, folk-pop, Indian film music, bhangra
14 wikis · Tier 3
Shirley Setia
New Zealand · Person · born 1995
Indian film music
14 wikis · Tier 3
Sagarika Mukherjee
India · Person · born 1970
pop music, blues, folk music, world music, Indian film music
11 wikis · Tier 3
Mohammad Irfan Ali
India · Person · born 1984
Indian film music, Indian pop
10 wikis · Tier 3
Natalie Di Luccio
Canada · Person · born 1989
easy listening, operatic pop, Indian film music
7 wikis · Tier 3
Amit Mishra
Person · born 1989
Indian film music, Indian pop
3 wikis · Tier 3
Gurshabad Singh
India · Person · born 1989
Indian film music
3 wikis · Tier 3