Which singer entered the Guinness World Records for the most single studio recordings?

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  1. Asha Bhosale
  2. Mohammad Rafi
  3. Lata Mangeshkar
  4. Kishore Kumar

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Option 1 : Asha Bhosale
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The correct answer is Option 1, i.e Asha Bhosale.

  • Legendary Bollywood playback singer Asha Bhosle has entered the Guinness World Records for the most number of single studio recordings.
  • She is best known for her playback singing in Hindi cinema.
  • Asha has recorded up to 11,000 solo, duets and chorus backed songs.
  • In 2011, she was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history.
  • The Government of India honored her with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008.
Mohammad Rafi
  • He is considered as one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent.
  • He was honored with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India, In 2001.

Lata Mangeshkar

  • Indian playback singer and music director.
  • She was honored with The Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1989
  • she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, (2001) India's highest civilian honor and is only the second vocalist, after M. S. Subbulakshmi, to receive this honor.
  • France conferred on her its highest civilian award (Officer of the Legion of Honour) in 2007.
Kishore Kumar
  • Abhas Kumar Ganguly better known by his stage name Kishore Kumar was an Indian playback singer, actor, music director etc..
  • He was awarded the "Lata Mangeshkar Award" by the Madhya Pradesh government in the year 1985–86.
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