Alka Yagnik

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alka Yagnik
Occupation	World Music Singer
Date Of Birth	Mar 20, 1966(1966-03-20)
Age	58
Birthplace	Kolkata
Country	India
Birth City	West Bengal
Horoscope	Pisces

Alka Yagnik Biography

Alka Yagnik is one of the most popular and richest World Music Singer who was born on March 20, 1966 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. She has won the National Film Award more than once for her work as a filmi, Bollywood and playback singer. She also received numerous Filmfare Awards as Best Female Playback Artist.

She and Asha Bhoole are the two most successful Bollywood singers.

Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer. She is noted in Indian cinema for a career spanning over three decades. She holds a record of being the only nominee in the category of Female Playback Singer, as in the year 1994 she had three solo nominations and the fourth one was with Ila Arun. She is a record seven-time winner from a record of 36 nominations of the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, a two-time recipient of the National Film Award as well as several other music awards and honours listed below. Further, as many as twenty of her tracks feature in BBC’s “Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time” review. She is one of prolific female playback singer who has sung maximum number of female solos in her Bollywood career. She is ranked No. 1 in the YouTube’s Music Charts & Insights list of top global artists as of 12 March 2020. She has been on the chart for 182 weeks with 348 million views.

A classically trained Yagnik began singing bhajans for Akashvani (All India Radio), Calcutta at the age of six. Her first song was for the film Payal Ki Jhankaar in (1980). This was followed by Laawaris (1981) with the song “Mere Angane Mein”, followed by the film Hamari Bahu Alka (1982). She got her big break with the song “Ek Do Teen” from the film Tezaab (1988). She has said that she had a high fever on the day she recorded “Ek Do Teen”. The song won her the first out of seven Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. Besides Hindi, she has sung in more than twenty languages including Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu except Kannada. She has also performed in live concerts around the world. In an interview with Mid Day, Yagnik told that she records five songs daily during her time. During her start of career in the 80s, her biggest rivals was Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.

She was born in Kolkata (West Bengal). In 1989, she married Neeraj Kapoor.

Alka Yagnik Net Worth

Alka Yagnik is one of the richest World Music Singer from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alka Yagnik 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When she was just six years old, she began singing on All India Radio.

She has many songs that have been included in the BBC’s Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks.

Yagnik was born in Kolkata on 20 March 1966 to a Gujarati family. Her father’s name is Dharmendra Shankar. Her mother Shubha was a singer of Indian classical music. In 1972 at age six, she started singing for Akashvani (All India Radio), Calcutta. At age 10, her mother brought her to Mumbai as a child singer. She was advised to wait until her voice matured, but her mother remained determined. On a subsequent visit, Yagnik got a letter of introduction to Raj Kapoor from his Kolkata distributor. Kapoor heard the girl and sent her with a letter to noted music director Laxmikant. Impressed, Laxmikant gave her two alternatives – an immediate start as a dubbing artist or a later break as a singer; Shubha chose the latter for her daughter. Yagnik mentioned that she was a bright student but didn’t like studies.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Alka Yagnik Dating?

According to our records, Alka Yagnik married to Neeraj Kapoor. As of December 1, 2023, Alka Yagnik’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2012 she along with Sonu Nigam sang a song ‘Shiksha Ka Suraj’ as part of the National Literacy Mission of India for which she was felicitated by Union Minister For Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal. Also in 2012, on the occasion of 100 years of Hindi Cinema, her song “Taal Se Taal Mila” from the movie Taal was voted as the best song of the century in a poll conducted by DesiMartini, Hindustan Times and Fever 104. Also, her song “Choli Ke Peeche” from the movie Khalnayak was voted as the hottest song of the century in a poll conducted by Sanona.

Facts & Trivia

Alka Ranked on the list of most popular World Music Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Alka Yagnik celebrates birthday on March 20 of every year.

Alka has worked in several films with Anand–Milind notably Teesra Kaun, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Laadla, Gopi Kishan,Anjaam, Anari, Suhaag, Aaj Ka Goonda Raj, Coolie No.1, Army, Lootere, Loafer, Mr. Bechara, Jaan, Rakshak, Ajay, Hero No. 1, Sanam, Mrityudand, Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate, Chal Mere Bhai and Jaanwar.

Is Alka Yagnik married to Udit Narayan?

During the episode of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs Udit Narayan’s wife, Deepa light-heartedly joked about how her husband is paired with fellow judge Alka Yagnik. She went on to say that she approves their relationship. Udit Narayan’s wife further shared the story of how she met her husband of thirty years.

Is Alka Yagnik a Bengali?

Yagnik was born in Kolkata on 20 March 1966 to a Gujarati family. Her father’s name is Dharmendra Shankar. Her mother Shubha was a singer of Indian classical music. In 1972 at age six, she started singing for Akashvani (All India Radio), Calcutta.

Is Alka Yagnik rich?

As per a report by starsunfolded.com, Alka Yagnik’s net worth is approximately $8 million, that’s Rs 60 crore. In a career spanning over four decades, Alka has sung 2486 Hindi songs in 1114 films so far, added the report.

Where is Alka Yagnik from?

Kolkata, India

Is Udit Narayan rich?

Udit Narayan has a net worth of $20 million or 150 crore INR.