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S.P.Balasubrahmanyam

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam in 2013.JPG
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam in 2013
Background information
Native name శ్రీపతి పండితారాధ్యుల బాలసుబ్రహ్మణ్యం
Birth name Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam
Born (1946-06-04) 4 June 1946 (age 70)
Nellore (dist), Andhra Pradesh, India
Genres Playback singing
Occupation(s) Singer, actor, music director, film producer
Years active 1965–present
Website spbindia.com

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam About this sound pronunciation ; born 4 June 1946, is an Indian film playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and film producer. He is mostly referred to as S. P. B. or Balu. He has won the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs. He has garnered six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer, and twenty five Nandi Awards for his works towards Telugu cinema.

He has recorded over 40,000 songs in various Indian languages. He has won National Film Awards across four languages, as well as a Bollywood Filmfare Award, five Filmfare Awards South, and numerous state awards from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. He is a recipient of civilian awards such as Padmashri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the government of India. In 2016, he was honored with the inaugural Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the year at the 47th International Film Festival of India.

Balasubrahmanyam was born to S. P. Sambamurthy in Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Balasubrahmanyam's father was a Harikatha artiste who had also acted in plays. He has two brothers and five sisters, including singer S.P. Sailaja.


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