There’s no disagreement with the fact that since eternity, India’s name has always been glorified among all other countries for its music culture. The country has the best singers in the world. Added to that, India’s star-studded Bollywood industry has earned its fame globally for all the right reasons.
Bollywood is filled with enormous talents and some fantastic singers who have escalated India’s name to great heights. So, it only makes sense to be inquisitive about who are the top singers in Bollywood.
Now, if we look around in the current Bollywood league, there are plenty of talented singers who are ruling the charts. But here we have shortlisted the Top 5 Bollywood Singers who have to get it to the top consistently.
Without wasting any more time, let’s check out the list.
5. Neha Kakkar
Born on June 6, 1988, in Uttarakhand, Neha Kakkar is currently reining the Bollywood industry with her explosive trail of hits. The young singer came under the spotlight with her appearance as a contestant in the reality TV show named Indian Idol Season 2. As of now, every Bollywood song is sung by this talented singer who with her magical voice has won the hearts of millions, globally.
Neha is most popular for singing love and romantic songs and the youth loves her singing.
Her first project, an album named Neha-The Rock Star was dropped in 2008 and she came into notice with her song ‘Sunny Sunny’ coming from the movie Yaariyan.
Some of her best songs include:
Her most played track on YouTube is: Taaron Ke Shehar with over 280 million views
She recently got hitched to Rohanpreet Singh.
Latest project: A music video with her brother Tonny Kakkar named ‘Bheegi Bheegi’
Upcoming project: Neha Kakkar has collaborated with Guru Randhawa for a song titled ‘Aur Pyaar Karna hai’.
4. Sonu Nigam
Born on 30th July 1973 in Haryana, Sonu Nigam is arguably one of the greatest Bollywood singers of all times. Started singing at the age of 4, the singing heartthrob of India started his career with a stage show at the age of 19. It was T-series owner Gulshan Kumar who allowed him to reach maximum people.
Soon after, Sonu Nigam started the famous reality show SARE GA MA PA and was soon spotted judging the Indian Idol show.
He is one of the highest-paid Bollywood singers who have successfully kept the audience hooked to his performances even now. Sonu has always been the first choice of the Bollywood directors for all sorts of songs.
Some of his evergreen songs include:
Upcoming project: The Battle of Bhima Koregaon
3.Mika Singh
Born as Amrik Singh on June 10th, 1977 in Durgapur, West Bengal, Bollywood famous playback singer Mika Singh has many explosive hits to his credit. He is an actor, stage presenter, singer, and composer. Mika is the real brother of renowned Punjabi singer Daler Mehandi and has established his remarkable presence in Bollywood with his upbeat songs.
In recent times, his name has gone synonymous with all sorts of party numbers and is considered to be a high-quality powerhouse singer. His concerts and award shows remain full at all times.
Mika Singh is counted amongst the country’s top-paid singers who enjoy humongous fame and popularity.
Some of his major hit songs include:
Upcoming projects: Glassiyan
2. Arijit Singh
Known as the most famous and successful Bollywood singer of all times, Arijit Singh is India’s one of the most established singers in its entire history. He is a singer, musician, music producer, and also composer. Born on April 25th, 1987 in Murshidabad, Arijit Singh started a career in 2010.
He belongs to a Bengali family and initially started his journey with the reality TV show named Fame Gurukul in 2005. Arijit’s appearance in Bollywood turned out to be a blockbuster with the song ‘Tum Hi Ho’ from the film Aashiqui 2.
It soon became the most popular song of the year. The singer is most acclaimed for his versatility and sings predominantly in Bengali and Hindi, and also other languages.
No doubt he is one of the most popular singers amongst the youth for his romantic and love songs. His list of awards is unmatched and has been recently awarded by Filmfare as the best male playback singer.
Some of his most famous songs include:
Upcoming projects: The Power Movie
1.Shreya Ghosal
Coming to talk of the leading female playback singers of Bollywood, Shreya Ghosal is the one sitting at the top for her mesmerizing sweet tone. Born on 12th March 1984, she is a singer, music producer, and composer, and has achieved several awards so far.
Shreya sings in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, and Tamil. As of 2021, she is the top Indian female singer who first appeared on screen with a reality TV show named Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and later sang for the globally acknowledged movie Devdas. That was her greatest achievement of all times and made her uncountable fans.
Top songs under her name include:
Upcoming projects: Tuck Jagadish, Kotigobba 3, etc