Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (born 10 January 1940) is an Indian playback
singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and
cinematic songs. Yesudas has recorded more than 50,000 songs in a
number of Indian languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi,
Kannada, Bengali, Odia as well as Arabic, English, Latin, and Russian,
during a career spanning more than five decades. He is often referred
to as Gaanagandharvan (transl. The Celestial Singer).Yesudas has
performed in most Indian languages except for Punjabi, Assamese,
Konkani, and Kashmiri. He has also composed a number of Malayalam film
songs during the 1970s and 1980s.Yesudas won the National Award for
the Best Male Playback Singer record eight times, the Filmfare Awards
South five times, and the State Award for the Best Playback Singer
forty-three times, including awards given by the state governments of
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal. He was
awarded the Padma Shri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the
Padma Vibhushan (second-highest civilian award) in 2017 by the
Government of India for his contributions towards the arts. In 2011
Yesudas was honoured with the CNN-IBN outstanding achievement award
having recorded more than 50,000 songs in a five-decade career. In
2006, he sang 16 film songs in four South Indian languages on the same
day at AVM Studio, Chennai. As a result of all these accolades and
recognition, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest singers in
the history of Indian Music.
singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and
cinematic songs. Yesudas has recorded more than 50,000 songs in a
number of Indian languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi,
Kannada, Bengali, Odia as well as Arabic, English, Latin, and Russian,
during a career spanning more than five decades. He is often referred
to as Gaanagandharvan (transl. The Celestial Singer).Yesudas has
performed in most Indian languages except for Punjabi, Assamese,
Konkani, and Kashmiri. He has also composed a number of Malayalam film
songs during the 1970s and 1980s.Yesudas won the National Award for
the Best Male Playback Singer record eight times, the Filmfare Awards
South five times, and the State Award for the Best Playback Singer
forty-three times, including awards given by the state governments of
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal. He was
awarded the Padma Shri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the
Padma Vibhushan (second-highest civilian award) in 2017 by the
Government of India for his contributions towards the arts. In 2011
Yesudas was honoured with the CNN-IBN outstanding achievement award
having recorded more than 50,000 songs in a five-decade career. In
2006, he sang 16 film songs in four South Indian languages on the same
day at AVM Studio, Chennai. As a result of all these accolades and
recognition, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest singers in
the history of Indian Music.
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