Alka Yagnik (born March 20, 1966 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India) is an Indian singer who is ranked among the best-known Hindi playback singers of all time. She is a seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award and has done playback singing for over 700 Indian films.
Alka Yagnik is classically trained and has been one of the leading playback singers in Bollywood since the late 1980's. She began singing bhajans for Calcutta Radio at the age of six. Her first song was for the film Payal Ki Jhankaar in (1979), followed by Laawaris (1981) with the hit song "Mere Angene 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). The song turned her into a star overnight and went on to become a pop hit, also winning her a Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak was also a career maker for her, as she along with Udit Narayan became household names.
In addition, she has been the number one choice for film songs due to the versatility of her voice, in which more film heroines have requested her voice be dubbed over their performance.
Filmfare Awards
- 1988 - Best Female Playback for "Ek Do Teen" for the film Tezaab
- 1993 - Best Female Playback for "Choli Ke Peeche" for the film Khalnayak (shared with Ila Arun)
- 1997 - Best Female Playback for "Zara Tasweer Se Tu" for the film Pardes
- 1999 - Best Female Playback for "Taal Se Taal" for the film Taal
- 2000 - Best Female Playback for "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se" for the film Dhadkan
- 2001 - Best Female Playback for "O Re Chhori" for the film Lagaan
- 2004 - Best Female Playback for "Hum Tum" for the film Hum Tum
- 1994 - Silver Lotus Award for "Ghoongat Ki Aad Se" for the film Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke
- 1999 - Silver Lotus Award for "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" for the film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
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