India is a vibrant and diverse nation, rich in a multitude of musical tastes. In addition, there are approximately 216 million music listeners in India, who listen to several streaming services like Gaana, Spotify, YouTube, YouTube music, Hungama, etc. is it not incredible? Now, before any more delay, here we go, the list of the top 10 singers in India who remain the favorites of Indians at all time.

Here are the list of Top 10 singers in India

Arijit Singh

When giving a list of singers, how would we do so without running into the name Arijit Singh. He is regarded as one of the most famous and versatile singers of all time today. His lifestyle is simple which is appealing and this is the reason why he is most popular of all the singers. Arijit Singh has sung in Hindi films but he had multiple songs in Bengali films and songs in Bengali language (his mother-tongue) solo. He also got 6 Film fare awards and other notable awards in his name.

• Name: Arijit Singh
• Birthday: April 25 1987
• Birthplace: Jiaganj Murshidabad West Bengal India

Arijit is a person of a musical family. His mother who was a vocalist and maternal uncle were the initial teachers of music to him. He began to study music at an early age and was trained in the classical music. whereas mainly under (Ustad) Rashid Khan.

Jubin Nautiyal

Jubin Nautiyal has also risen to be the voice of numerous children and a highly lovely singer nowadays. Jubin Nautiyal came into fame within a short time. He on the other hand has struggled as much as other singers. Hence, there is no reason to develop our top 10 singers in India without including Jubin Nautiyal. Our statement is fully proved by the demand & popularity of his songs. His songs become extremely successful when it is released and every one of the youngsters falls in love with him due to his adorable and romantic songs. We all can be puzzled with singing skills of Jubin Nautiyal, so few people are aware that he is also a lyricist and music director.

• Name: Jubin Nautiyal
• Birthday: June 14, 1989
• Birthplace: Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Jubin was born in a musical family which is the major reason that made him interested in music at an early age. His father who was a business man and his mother who happened to be a housewife supported his musical ambitions. Even as a young kid he began learning classical music.

AR Rahman

AR Rahman, born (childbirth name) as Allahrakha Rahman, is a singer, songwriter, record producer, and film composer in Hindi and Tamil movies. AR Rahman won two Oscars the same night (the two Oscars in Best Original Score and Best Original song in Slumdog Millionaire). He brought the entire nation to pride on that day.

• Name: Allah Rakha Rahman
• Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1967
• Birthplace: Chennai, (then Madras), Tamil Nadu, India

Rahman was born in a Muslim family. His father R.K Shekhar was an All India Radio composer and conductor. The death of Rahman when he was only 9 years old by his father made him to undertake music in order to viably support his family. Workmanship by his father, and the impressions of Indian classical and western music are what introduced him to music early in life.

Kumar Sanu

Kumar Sanu is a very famous Bollywood singer and his people love his work in the music industry. Kumar Sanu has done 28 songs in a single day and he is awarded the Guinness book of world record to perform the maximum number of songs in a single day. Kumar Sanu first Filmfare awards being given under the Best Male Playback singer category.

• Name: Kedarnath Bhattacharya
• Screen name: Kumar Sanu
• Date of Birth: October 23, 1957
• Birthplace: Kolkata (then Calcutta) West Bengal, India

Kumar Sanu was a Bengali family born. His father Pashupati Bhattacharya was a classical musician and his mother was a lover of music too. Kumar Sanu was prone to music since he was young so he started to learn music with his father.

Mohit Chauhan

Mohit Chauhan is the best Indian singer in the top 10 list. He is an Indian playback singer who is famous through his work (songs) in Hindi cinema. Mohit Chauhan has earned fame over the years and today he is famous due to his contribution in films such as Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, Barfi, Rockstar and many others.

• Name: Mohit Chauhan
• Date of Birth: 11 March 1966
• Birthplace: Nahan, Himachal Pradesh

Born in a family who loves music his grandfather was a classical singer. His father had a transferable career, he received a Master of Geology degree in Dharamsala at the Government College of Himachal (IPFC). Not having any proper musical education, at home he taught and practiced to sing, and his heritage was early tainted by his grandfather and the great Kishore Kumar.

Sonu Nigam

In matters related to again listing the top 10 singers in India how would one keep away mentioning to include Sonu Nigam in the list of best singers of all time, he is well known to be one of the best musicians in his generation and even now he is considered to be one of the great singers of all time. Sonu Nigam, since the very early age has been much more than a playback singer in the movies and the records albums, yet also has been very versatile as far as the genre he sang is concerned. He has recorded more than 2000 songs in more than ten languages (in Hindi and Punjabi).

• Name: Sonu Kumar Nigam
• Date of Birth: 30 July 1973
• Birthplace: Faridabad, Haryana

He was born in a musically oriented family. His father, Agam Kumar Nigam was a singer as well and his mother, Shobha Nigam, being a singer, he started appearing on a stage when he was just a kid, at the age of four, singing with his father-a moment when he started his journey into music. At 19 he shifted base to Mumbai to achieve his dream studying under classical maestro Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.

Shreya Ghoshal

Shreya Ghoshal, who is an Indian popular playback singer leads our list, the first Indian female singer to make it into our list. Shreya Ghoshal came into the world of singing in Bollywood by lending her voice in the song of Devdas (movie of 2002). Moreover, she has also released some soundtracks of some of the films in different Indian languages besides Hindi films. Many of her popular hits in the films have seen Shreya Ghoshal achieve several awards including six Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards and nine south Filmfare awards.

• Name: Shreya Ghoshal
• Date of Birth: 12 March 1984
• Birthplace: Berhampore, West Bengal.

At the age of four she started learning music, soon officially learning classical music at six years of age with talented tutors in Mumbai.

Krishnakumar Kunnath KK

Krishnakumar Kunnath was among those legends who did not merely labor in any social media and took part in those reality shows. KK or Krishnakumar Kunnath is however an example of an Indian singer who can be said to be one of the best singers ever. He had done some love broke songs and love songs that were famed so much and had made him rather popular. Krishnakumar Kunnath KK also managed to sing in a number of films such as Awarapan, Jannat, Tum Mile and all these films was a big hit of the popular Indian actor Emraan Hashmi.

• Name: Krishnakumar Kunnath KK
• Date of Birth: 23 August 1968
• Birthplace: Delhi, India

KK was born to a Malayali parents and studied at Mount St. Mary School and Kirori Mal College (Delhi University) where he received a degree in commerce. Although he played music in rock bands and festivals during college, he was never formally trained to music, citing inspirations such as Kishore Kumar, R.D Burman to have refined his style and learnt songs by ear only.

Javed Ali

Javed Ali is considered as among the best 10 singers in India particularly in Bollywood. His popularity can be had through his songs, his shows and the use of his songs in the movies. Javed Ali entered the singing business in 2000 however he came to fame in 2007 when his song Ek Din Teri Raahon Mein. This song appeared in the film Naqaab where he provided the music to Pritam Chakraborty. His second most popular work followed the following year (2008) when his song, Jashn-e-Bahara of the Movie Jodhaa Akbar was released.

• Name: Javed Hussain
• Date of Birth: 5 July 1982
• Birthplace: Delhi, India

He was surrounded by music as his father, Ustad Hamid Hussain, was a renowned qawwali singer. Javed started acting and training with his father at an early age. Javed was mentored by an eminent ghazal singer Ghulam Ali, who had identified his talent at a very young age, and he even made Javed use his guru-name as an honor.

Monali Thakur

Monali Thakur is the next lady singer in our list and is one of the top 10 singers in India. Monali Thakur is a household name singer in India. She is the voice in the most renowned hit song of the national award winning and many other awards received film, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Ye Moh Moh ke Dhaage. The most renowned song of Monali Thakur is Sawar loon, and the song has even fetched her the Filmfare award as the best female playback singer.

• Name: Monali Thakur
• Date of Birth: 3 November 1985
• Birthplace: Kolkata, India

She was born in a prolific Bengali musical family of Kolkata. Her father, Shakti Thakur, is a celebrated recording artist and actor and her sister, Mehuli Thakur is also a recording singer. She had formal classical training with maestros Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty and Pandit Jagdish Prasad, as well as Bharatanatyam dance classes, hip transportation jazz classes and salsa classes.

Conclusion: Therapy to relax mind and soul

Legends and modern sensations combining, the top 10 Indian singers have influenced Indian music in decades as well. Their distinct styles and richness on classical, play back, devotional and folk music have also mediated the gap between the past and the present. These singers have inspired generations of other singer wanting to be in the same field, have made a contribution in the Indian cinema, independent music, songs in many regional languages and have taken Indian music to other parts of the world. This means they can reach their audience no matter the age or other background and this indicates their skills and timeless charm.