Best Indian Playback Singer (1990 to 2010)

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Who is the Best Playback Singer of the last two decades?

Celestialseeker

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Posted: 13 years ago

Listen to songs like 'Gori tera gaon bada pyara...' and 'Nisa Gamapani Sariga..aa aare mithava...' by Yesudas ji

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Sanchari

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Posted: 13 years ago

Complicated you see!

Lata Mangeshkar, Asha ji, S.P Balasubrahmaniyum, they all are the experienced people in the industry. Udit Narayan, Yesudas are also in the same category.

But Shreya is a new voice compared to the others!

I really respect the voice of Lata ji, Asha ji but the freshness of Shreya's voice can't be denied!

It's a difficult one!😆

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Celestialseeker

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Posted: 13 years ago

Newbies not allowed to post links in this forum. Otherwise I would have posted some songs...😍

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blue-ice.

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Posted: 13 years ago

Didn't u already make one topic for discussing this😕

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Celestialseeker

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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: blue-ice
Didn't u already make one topic for discussing this😕

Yes but that was on 'Best living playback singer', but this one is on the 'best Singer of past two decades'. Excluded old timers who do not sing anymore, like P.Susheela and S.Janaki and included singers like Shreya Ghoshal and Sujatha Mohan in this poll.

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Summer3

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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: blue-ice
Didn't u already make one topic for discussing this😕

Hey Ram you are fast on this one.

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Yes as to best singers a lot too depends on what songs are sung. Things like lyrics, musical instrumentation, arrangements etc make a difference too.

Everyone has his or her own preference.

Kishore Da has left a great impression no doubt. He was out of the ordinary.

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Summer3

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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: Celestialseeker

Newbies not allowed to post links in this forum. Otherwise I would have posted some songs...😍

Just keep spamming a couple of times and you are no longer a Newbie.😆

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Summer3

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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: -Murphy369-
Complicated you see!
Lata Mangeshkar, Asha ji, S.P Balasubrahmaniyum, they all are the experienced people in the industry. Udit Narayan, Yesudas are also in the same category.

But Shreya is a new voice compared to the others!

I really respect the voice of Lata ji, Asha ji but the freshness of Shreya's voice can't be denied!

It's a difficult one!😆

Well said.

A lot depends on personal likes and dislikes too.

And where is my Rafi Sahab, Kishor Da , RFAK, Mahendra Kapoor too?😆

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Summer3

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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: Celestialseeker

Listen to songs like 'Gori tera gaon bada pyara...' and 'Nisa gama pani sariga...aa aare mithava...' by Yesudas ji

BTW Lata ji got the Bharat Ratna Award too.

They should give one to Rafi Sahab, but the bunch of people deciding are quite hopeless.😆

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Celestialseeker

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Posted: 13 years ago

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Originally posted by blue-ice

I am glad u didn't put Mohd. Rafi in the list...he really can't be compared to anyone except may be Lataji...

Rafib sahab cannot be included in the poll, simply because the poll is on best "LIVING" playback singer.

The greatest ever Indian playback singers include Yesudas, S.P.B, Rafi, K.S. Chitra, Janaki ji, P. Susheela ji, Lata Mangeshkar and Vani Jayaram.

Difficult to say that Rafi sahab was the best, because Yesudas ji is superior to him in range. Rafi himself refused to sing songs like 'Shadjne paya' and 'Gori tera gaon bada pyara' because of the complicated variations in the songs and sujested Yesudas's name. No singer other than Das ji was bold enough to take up 'Shadjne Paya' the song from the movie about the great Indian musician 'Tansen'. Das ji won national awards for songs in different languages including hindi, tamil, malayalam etc. Recipiant of highest number of national awards. After sometime he became reluctant to receive awards year after year and sujested that youngsters should be considered for future awards. Now which other singer will say something like that??

May be you are not quite familiar with his songs.

I listen to songs by Rafi sahab frequently. I am an admirer of Rafi sahab, Das ji and S.P.B and consider them the big three! They are the greatest male playback singers of all time. Each has some superior quality compared to the other. Difficult to say who is the best.

Among female singers K.S. Chitra, P. Susheela, Lata ji, Janaki ji and Vani Jayaram are the finest.

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