This is a list of playback singers from India.
Female playback singers
Name Years active Language A. R. Reihana 1998–present Tamil Aarti Mukherji 1961–present Bengali, Hindi Akriti Kakar2006–present Hindi, Bengali, Marathi Alisha Chinai 1988–present Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Kannada Alka Ajith 2011–present Malayalam, Tamil Alka Yagnik 1980–present Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Odia, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Marathi, Telugu, Urdu, Bhojpuri, English Amirbai Karnataki 1935–1961 Hindi, Urdu, Kannada Amrutha Suresh 2007–present Malayalam Abhirami Suresh 2008–present Malayalam Ananya Bhat 2017–present Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu Andrea Jeremiah 2007–present Tamil, Telugu, English Anindita Paul 2000–present Hindi, Assamese, Bengali Anitha Shaiq 2007–present Tamil, Malayalam, Odia, Kannada, Hindi, Arabic Anjali Marathe 1994–present Marathi, Hindi Annupamaa 1992–presentTelugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, French, English Anupama Deshpande 1984–2002 Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, English, Tamil, Odia Anuradha Bhat 2006–present Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu Anuradha Paudwal 1973–present Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Nepali, Kannada Anuradha Sriram 1993–present Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam Antara Mitra 2010–present Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam , Tamil, Telegu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Haryanvi, Assamese, English Anushka Manchanda 2006–present Hindi, Telugu, Tamil Anweshaa 2006–present Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi Aparna Balamurali 2016–present Malayalam Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar 1975–present Konkani, Marathi, Hindi Arundhati Holme Chowdhury 1980–present Bengali, Hindi Asha Bhosle 1943–2026 Bengali, Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, English, Russian, Czech, Nepali, Malay, Malayalam, Konkani, Kannada, Odia and other languages Aseema Panda 2013–present Odia Asees Kaur 2015–present Hindi, Bengali B. R. Chaya 1983–present Kannada, Tamil Banashree Sengupta 1964–2017 Bengali, Hindi, Assamese, Bhojpuri, OdiaBangalore Latha1962-2000Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Tulu Bela Shende 1999–present Marathi, Hindi, Tamil and Urdu Bhagwanti Navani 1950–1980 Sindhi, Hindi Bhaswati Chakraborty 2005–present Hindustani Classical Vocalist, Bengali, Dadra, Chaiti, Kajri, Thumri Bhavatharini 1995–2024 Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada Bhitali Das 1992–2021 Assamese Bombay Jayashri 1982–present Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, KannadaChaitra Ambadipudi2005–presentTelugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam Chaitra H. G. 2002–present Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Konkani, English Charulatha Mani 2002–present Tamil, Kannada Chhaya Ganguly 1978–present Hindustani, Urdu Chinmayi Sripada 2002–present Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Konkani Chitra Singh 1965–present Bengali, Hindustani, Urdu Dominique Cerejo 1997–present Hindi, Tamil Dhvani Bhanushali 2015–present Hindi, Tamil Falguni Pathak 1988–present Hindustani, Gujarati, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali Gauhar Jan 1902–1910 Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Arabic, Persian, Poshtu, French, English Gayatri Asokan 1998–present Malayalam Gayatri Iyer (Gayatri Ganjawala) 1996–present Hindi, Telugu Geeta Dutt 1946–1971 Hindi, Bengali Geetha Madhuri 2006–present Telugu, Tamil Harshdeep Kaur 2001–present Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, English Hard Kaur 1995–present Hindi Harini 1995–present Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi Hema Sardesai 1989–present Hindi Hemlata 1968–present Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Haryanvi, Rajasthani, Marwari, Brij Bhasha, Gujarati, Marathi, Sindhi, Odia, Assamese, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Konkani, Dogri, Multani, Saraiki, Garhwali, Bundeli, Nepali, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit, Prakrit, English, French, Mauritius, African, Italian, Zulu, Dutch, Hindi Himani Kapoor 2005–present Hindi, Punjabi Ila Arun 1993–present Rajasthani, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu Iman Chakraborty 2016–present Bengali Indu Nagaraj 2010–present Kannada, Telugu Jagjit Kaur 1953–1981 Hindi, Urdu Jayati Chakraborty 2002–present Bengali Jasmine Sandlas 2010–present Hindi, Punjabi Jaspinder Narula 1994–present Hindi, Punjabi Jency Anthony 1966–present Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada Jikki 1964–2000 Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada Jonita Gandhi 2014–present Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi Jyotica Tangri 2017–present Hindi, Punjabi Jyotirmayee Nayak 2019–present Odia, Hindi Jyotsna Radhakrishnan 1998–present Malayalam June Banerjee 2008–present Bengali, Hindi Kumari Kanchan Dinkerao Mail 1970–2004 Hindi Kalpana Raghavendar 2003–present Tamil, Telugu, Kannada Sukhjinder virk 1998 – present Punjabi Sukhwinder Singh 1991–present Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi Sudhir Yaduvanshi 2023–present Hindi Sundar Narayana Rao 2013–present Hindi, Telugu, Tamil Suresh Wadkar 1978–present Hindi, Marathi, Odia, Bengali, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Assamese, Nepali Kalpana Patowary 1993–prese Bhojpuri, Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi Kanika Kapoor 2012–present Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi Kanan Devi 1931–1956 Bengali, Hindi Kavita Krishnamurthy 1973–present Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada, Odia, Nepali, Gujarati, Bengali, English, Assamese, Bhojpuri Kharesma Ravichandran 2014–present Tamil K. B. Sundarambal 1934–1980 Tamil K. Jamuna Rani 1946–2026 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Sinhalese K. S. Chithra (referred to as Chitra) 1980–present Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Hindi, Bengali, English, Russian, German, Arabic, Tulu, Sinhalese, Assamese, Punjabi, Nepali Lata Mangeshkar 1942–2022 Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Marathi, Assamese, Odia, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Konkani, Urdu, Sanskrit, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, English, Nepali L. R. Eswari 1954–present Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, HindiLothika2022–presentHindi Madhushree 2001–present Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali Mahalakshmi Iyer 1997–present Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, English, Assamese, French, Marathi and other languages Mahathi 2003–present Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada Maitrayee Patar 2015–present Assamese, Hindi Malavika 2001–present Telugu Malgudi Subha 1988–present Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi Malvina 2003–present Tamil Mannat Noor 2015–present Punjabi Mamta Sharma 2010–present Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Haryanvi Mangli 2017–present Telugu , Kannada Manjari 2004–present Malayalam, Tamil Megha 2007–present Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam Minmini 1988–present Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Odiya, Badaga Monali Thakur 2006–present Bengali, Hindi, Tamil Mridula Warrier 2007–present Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada Mubarak Begum 1955–1981 Hindi, Urdu Najim Arshad 2007–present Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi Nanditha 1998–present Kannada, Odia, Tamil, Hindi Neeti Mohan 2003–present Hindi, Bengali, Maratahi, Telugu, English, Tamil, Kannada Neha Kakkar 2006–present Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi Neha Rajpal (Nehha Rajpal) née 'Chandna' 1995–present Hindi, Marathi, Gujrati, Sindhi, Chattisgadi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali Nihira Joshi 2004–present Hindi, Marathi Nikhita Gandhi 2013–present Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Arabic, Kannada, English Nilanjana Sarkar 2010–2015 Bengali Nimrat Khaira 2015–present Punjabi Nirmala Mishra1960-2022 Bengali, Odia, Assamese Nithyasree Mahadevan 1997–present Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Sinhalese, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Marathi Noor Jahan 1930–2000 Urdu,Punjabi,Hindi,Sindhi,Pashto P. Bhanumathi 1939–2005 Telugu, Tamil, Hindi P. Leela 1948–2005 Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarathi, Marati, Hindi, Odia, Sinhalese, Sanskrit, Bengali P. Madhuri 1965–present Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil P. Susheela 1953–present Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Odia, Marathi, Sinhalese, Tulu, Sanskrit Palak Muchhal 1997–present Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit, Gujarati, Odia, Assamese, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Sindhi and Malayalam Pop Shalini (Shalini Singh) 1995–present Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi Prashanthini 2007–present Tamil, Telugu Priya Himesh 2007–present Tamil, Telugu, Kannada Pritam Priyadarshni 2018–present Bhojpuri, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Urdu, English Queen Hazarika 1996–present Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi Rajkumari Dubey 1949–1977 Hindi, Gujarati, PunjabiRakshita Suresh 2015–presentTamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam, Ramakrishna V. 1960–1980 Telugu Ranina Reddy 2008–present Telugu, Tamil Ranjini Jose 2005–present Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi Rao Balasaraswathi Devi 1939–1980 Telugu, Tamil Reena Bhardwaj 2003–present Tamil, Telugu, Hindi Rekha Bhardwaj 1997–present Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi Richa Sharma 2000–present Hindi Rimi Tomy 2000–present Malayalam, Telugu Roopa Revathi 2008–present Malayalam, Tamil Ruma Guha Thakurta 1944–2019 Bengali, Hindi Suraiya 1929–2004 Hindi S. Janaki 1957–2026 Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, Odia, Tulu, Saurashtra, English, Japanese, Baduga, German, Sinhalese, Bengali, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Konkani, Gujarati and other languages S. P. Sailaja 1977–2002 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam Sadhana Sargam 1982–present Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujrathi, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Ahirani, Assamasse, Kumaowni, Sindhi, Marwadi, Dogri, Bodo, Kashmiri, Manipuri, Sandhali, English, Odia, Tulu, Konkani, Gharwali, Maithili, Punjabi, Urdu, Nepali Sagarika Mukherjee 1979–present English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali Salma Agha 1980–present Urdu, Hindi Samantha Edwards 1990–present English, Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi Sanchita Bhattacharya 2006–present Bengali, Hindi Sandhya Mukhopadhyay 1948–2022 Bengali, Hindi, Urdu Sanjeevani (Sanjeevani Bhelande) 1998–present Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Gujarati, Telugu, Bengali, English Santha P. Nair 1951–1967 Malayalam Saindhavi 2001–present Tamil, Telugu, Kannada Sapna Mukherjee 1985–present Hindi Shakthisree Gopalan 2008–present Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, English Shalmali Kholgade 2012–present Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu Shamshad Begum 1941–1976 Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi Sharda Rajan Iyengar 1965–1986 Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati Shashaa Tirupati 2010–present Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, English, Arabic, Armenian, Kannada, Konkani, Assamese Shazneen Arethna 2007–present HindiShefali Alvares 2009–presentHindi, Telugu, English Shilpa Rao 2003–present Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Urdu, Malayalam Sharda Sinha 1980–2024 Hindi, Bhojpuri, Maithili Shibani Kashyap 2003–present English, Hindi Shreya Ghoshal 1998–present Hindi, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Bodo, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Gujarati, Rajasthani, French, Angika, Odia, Sanskrit, English, Arabic, Konkani Shruti Pathak 2004–present Hindi, Urdu, Bengali Shubha Mudgal 1996–present Hindi, Tamil Shweta Mohan 1995–present Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada Shweta Pandit 1999–present Hindi, Bengali, Kannada Shweta Shetty 1990–present Hindi, Urdu Shirley Setia 2013–present Hindi Sivaangi Krishnakumar 2019–present Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu Sitara Devi 1930–1950 Hindi, Bengali Sithara 2007–present Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada Smita2000–present Telugu, Tamil, Hindi Sona Mohapatra 2005–present Hindi, Odia, Marathi Sonu Kakkar 2002–present Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury 2009–present Bengali Sowmya Raoh 1993–present Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi Sravana Bhargavi 2012–present Telugu Srilekha Parthasarathy 2002–present Telugu, Tamil, MalayalamSrinisha Jayaseelan2014–presentTamil, Telugu Sudha Malhotra 1954–1982 Hindi Sujatha 1977–present Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada Sulakshana Pandit 1967–1998 Hindi Suman Kalyanpur 1954–1981 Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi, Urdu Sunitha Sarathy 2002–present Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu