S. Janaki

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Sistla Janaki (23 April 1938 – 11 July 2026) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. Fondly known as Janaki Amma (lit. Mother Janaki) and described as the 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 and "Nightingale of South India", Janaki is considered one of the greatest and most influential singers in the history of Indian music.She was widely regarded as most versatile singer of Indian music. She was widely acclaimed as the "Queen of Expression and Modulation". Janaki recorded over 48,000 songs in films, albums, television, and radio, which includes solos, duets, chorus and title tracks in over 20 Indian languages as well as a few foreign languages, with highest number of songs in Kannada. She was one of the most versatile singers in India. Janaki began her singing career with the Tamil film Vidhiyin Vilayattu (1957) at the age of 19 and recorded songs in six different languages in the same year. Her career spanned over six decades until 2016, when she announced her retirement...

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