S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam(┬ápronunciation Telugu: Ó░ÂÓ▒ìÓ░░Ó▒[]Ó░¬Ó░ñÓ░┐ Ó░¬Ó░[]Ó░íÓ░┐Ó░ñÓ░¥Ó░░Ó░¥Ó░ºÓ▒ìÓ░»Ó▒üÓ░▓ Ó░¼Ó░¥Ó░▓Ó░©Ó▒üÓ░¼Ó▒ìÓ░░Ó░╣Ó▒ìÓ░«Ó░úÓ▒ìÓ░»Ó░[]; born 4 June 1946) is a multilingual Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and a film producer. He is referred to as S. P. B. or Balu by the media. He has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times closely following K. J. Yesudas. He holds a record to have won the Nandi Awards twenty five times from Andhra Pradesh state government. He has sung over 40,000 songs in 15 Indian languages with a career spanning over 4 decades. Starting his career in 1966, he went on to become one of the leading playback singers of his time in India. He is the only playback singer in India to have won National Film Awards across four languages. He has also won a Filmfare Award, three Filmfare Awards South and numerous state awards from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. He holds the record of having recorded the most number of songs for any male playback singer. He is a recipient of the civilian awards such as Padmashri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the Government of India.