Kumar Sanu

(1957-)

Indian playback singer

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Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer primarily known for his performances in Hindi film songs. He is widely recognised as the Melody King of Bollywood. Alongside Arijit Singh, he holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer from 1991 to 1995.Additionally, he holds a Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs in a single day, with 28 songs recorded since 1993. Beyond Hindi, Kumar Sanu has sung in numerous other languages, including Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia, Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali. His songs are especially popular across India, particularly compositions that are sad and romantic in nature.