S. P. Balasubramaniam

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 He has recorded over 40000 songs in 16 Indian languages He holds the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs by a singer with over 40000 songs He has garnered six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in four different languages Kannada Telugu Tamil and Hindi 25 Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for his works towards Telugu cinema numerous other state awards from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu In addition he garnered the Filmfare Award and six Filmfare Awards South In 2012 he received the state NTR National Award for his contributions to Indian cinema In 2016 He was honored with the Indian Film Personality of the Year consisting of a Silver Peacock Medal He is a recipient of civilian awards such as Padma Shri 2001 and Padma Bhushan 2011 from the Government of India