Alka Yagnik (Born on 20th March 1966 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India) is amongst the best-known playback singers of Hindi cinema with a career spanning three decades. She is a record seven-time winner from a record of 35 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 listed below. Further, as many as 20 of her tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time" review.
