Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (born 4 June 1946; also referred to as S. P. Bala, S. P. B., or Balu) is an Indian musician, playback singer, music director, actor, and movie producer. His works are in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam.[1] He has recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages.[2]
He holds the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs by a singer with over 40,000 songs.[3][4] He was born in Nellore, Madras Presidency, British India.
He has been honored with the Padma Shri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the Government of India.[5]
On 5 August 2020, Balasubrahmanyam tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized in Chennai. A week later, he was put on life-support.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "S P Balasubramaniam". FilmiBeat.
- ↑ "Singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam honoured". The Hindu. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ↑ "Happy Birthday SP Balasubramaniam: Five interesting unknown facts about the fabulous singer". The Times of India. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ↑ "Have lost count of songs sung, says record holder S.P. Balasubrahmanyam". The Indian Express. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ↑ 26 January 2011 DC Correspondent New Delhi (26 January 2011). "SPB wins Padma Bhushan, no Bharat Ratna this year". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Covid-19: SP Balasubrahmanyam remains critical after testing positive, put on life support". The Economic Times. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ CNN, Manveena Suri and Amy Woodyatt. "Famed Indian film singer SP Balasubrahmanyam on life support". CNN. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
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