Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as S. P. Balu, S. P. B., or Balu, was an Indian musician, playback singer, music director, actor, dubbing artist, and film producer who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam films.[7] He sang over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages.[8]

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Balasubrahmanyam in 2019
Balasubrahmanyam in 2019
Background information
Birth name
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam
Born
4 June 1946[1]
Nellore, Madras Presidency, British India[2][3][4][5]
Died
25 September 2020 (aged 74)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres
Playback singing[1]
Occupation(s)
SingerActorMusic directorFilm producer
Years active
1966–2020 [6]
He won six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in four different languages; Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi; 25 Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for his work in Telugu cinema, and numerous other state awards from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.[9][10] In addition, he won the Filmfare Award, and six Filmfare Awards South.[11][12] According to some sources, he held the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs by a singer with over 40,000 songs.[13][14][15][16] In 2012, he received the state NTR National Award for his contributions to Indian cinema.[17] In 2016, he was honoured with the Silver Peacock Medal as Indian Film Personality of the Year.[18][19][20][21] He was a recipient of the Padma Shri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the Government of India.[22]

On 25 September 2020, he died in Chennai
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