List of prolific singers

The following is a list of all singers worldwide who have recorded at least 100 songs:

Alphabetical list

Top 15

Rank

Singer

Number of songs

1

P. Susheela

17,695

2

Asha Bhosle

9,370+

3

S. Janaki

7000+

4

Lata Mangeshkar

6,130

5

K. J. Yesudas

5,776

6

Mohammed Rafi

4,844

7

K. S. Chithra

4,719

8

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

3746

9

Manna Dey

3045

10

Kishore Kumar

2,905

11

Alka Yagnik

2,486

12

Shreya Ghoshal

2,027

13

Udit Narayan

1,989

14

Kumar Sanu

1,918

15

Noor Jehan

1,632

A-E

Singer

Country

Number of songs recorded

Aaliyah

United States

135

Abhijeet

India

628

Afsal

India

230

Christina Aguilera

United States

188

Akhlaq Ahmad

Pakistan

117

Naheed Akhtar

Pakistan

341

Ghulam Ali

Pakistan

241

Javed Ali

India

212

Zohrabai Ambalawali

India

271

Ambili

India

226

C. O. Anto

India

182

Anwar

India

142

Najim Arshad

India

118

Ila Arun

India

126

Arunmozhi

India

106

Atif Aslam

Pakistan

108

Mohammed Aziz

India

1012

Madhu Balakrishnan

India

347

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

India

3746

S. Balbir

India

105

Hamida Banu

India/Pakistan

125

Kamal Barot

India

135

Beatles

United Kingdom

213

Mubarak Begum

India

178

Naseem Begum

Pakistan

431

Shamshad Begum

India

1282

Zeenat Begum

Pakistan

118

Beyonce

United States

242

Rekha Bhardwaj

India

112

Inayat Hussain Bhatti

Pakistan

353

Bhavatharini

India

105

Asha Bhosle

India

9370+ (previously held Guinness record for most recordings)

Sudesh Bhosle

India

306

K. P. Brahmanandan

India

167

Toni Braxton

United States

121

R. D. Burman

India

100+

Mariah Carey

United States

225

Mohit Chauhan

India

180

Sunidhi Chauhan

India

1224

Alisha Chinai

India

339

Chinmayee

India

295

K. S. Chithra

India

4719

Kelly Clarkson

United States

151

Celia Cruz

Cuba

300+

Miley Cyrus

United States

168

Vishal Dadlani

India

153

Benny Dayal

India

271

Anupama Deshpande

India

132

Deva

India

100+

Manna Dey

India

3045

Celine Dion

Canada

447

DMX (rapper)

United States

332

Rajkumari Dubey

India

494

G. M. Durrani

India

304

Geeta Dutt

India/Bangladesh

1417

L. R. Eswari

India

201

F-J

Singer

Country

Number of songs recorded

Ella Fitzgerald

United States

611

Aretha Franklin

United States

520+

G. Gaanabala

India

137

Lady Gaga

United States

116

Kunal Ganjawala

India

368

Zubeen Garg

India

108

Judy Garland

United States

628

Jassie Gift

India

129

Shreya Ghoshal

India

2027

Selena Gomez

United States

100

Ali Haider

India

241

Haricharan

India

401

Hariharan

India

694

Harini

India

204

Mehedi Hasan

Pakistan

717

Hemlata

India

423

Ilaiyaraaja

India

416

D. Imman

India

105

Mahalaxmi Iyer

India

125

Naresh Iyer

India

120

Janet Jackson

United States

348

Michael Jackson

United States

227

Suraj Jagan

India

111

Vani Jairam

India

1171

Anup Jalota

India

145

Jay-Z

United States

278

S. Janaki

India

7000+

P. Jayachandran

India

1291

Jikki

India

181

Ranjini Jose

India

137

Bon Jovi (band)

United States

259

Jyotsna

India

243

K-O

Singer

Country

Number of songs recorded

Sulochana Kadam

India

136

Kamukara

India

177

Rumana Islam Kanak Chapa

Bangladesh

1500+

Mahendra Kapoor

India

1283

Meena Kapoor

India

177

Suman Kalyanpur

India/Bangladesh

852

K K

India

615

Akriti Kakar

India

100+

Krishna Kalle

India

169

Amirbai Karnataki

India

306

Karthik

India

659

Dilraj Kaur

India

286

Alicia Keys

United States

212

Monir Khan

Bangladesh

400+

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Pakistan

136

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

Pakistan

281

Usha Khanna

India

162

Kailash Kher

India

181

Khursheed

India

102

Andrew Kishore

Bangladesh

3500+

Dilshad Nahar Kona

Bangladesh

203

Sitara Krishnakumar

India

100+

Kavita Krishnamurthy

India

1544

Umm Kulthum

Egypt

137

Amit Kumar

India

761

Hemant Kumar

India

1023

Kishore Kumar

India

2905

Shabbir Kumar

India

440

Tulsi Kumar

India

124

Krishnaraj

India

134

Bappi Lahiri

India

291

Runa Laila

Bangladesh/Pakistan

1200+

Cyndi Lauper

United States

286

P. Leela

India

707

John Lennon

United Kingdom

465

Leona Lewis

United Kingdom

161

Jennifer Lopez

United States/Puerto Rico

309

P. Madhuri

India

555

Madonna

United States

416

Shankar Mahadevan

India

585

Angarag Mahanta

India

104

Talat Mahmood

India

451

Imran Mahmudul

Bangladesh

212

Mala

Pakistan

755

Malathi

India

109

Sudha Malhotra

India

264

Anu Malik

India

165

Anushka Manchanda

India

100+

Lata Mangeshkar

India

5645

Usha Mangeshkar

India

685

Mano

India

789

Khan Mastana

India

119

Mehnaz

Pakistan

294

Daler Mehndi

India

149

Unni Menon

India

364

Liza Minnelli

United States

444

Shyamal Mitra

India

523

Neeti Mohan

India

118

Shweta Mohan

India

191

Sujatha Mohan

India

1115

Mohantara

India

117

Alanis Morissette

United States

157

Morrissey

United Kingdom

436

Palak Muchhal

India

120+

Shubha Mudgal

India

124

Chandrani Mukherjee

India

213

Mitali Mukherjee

India/Bangladesh

100+

Sandhya Mukherjee

India

561

Sapna Mukherjee

India

201

Aarti Mukherjee

India

434

Mukesh

India

932

Mukesh (Tamil)

India

197

Nitin Mukesh

India

163

Udit Narayan

India/Nepal

1989

Biju Narayanan

India

256

Rahul Nambiar

India

123

Nazmun Munira Nancy

Bangladesh

348

Jaspinder Narula

India

229

Naveen

India

116

A. Nayyar

Pakistan

121

Baby Nazneen

Bangladesh

650+

Sonu Nigam

India

1468

Noorjehan

India/Pakistan

1632

P-T

Singer

Country

Number of songs recorded

Shweta Pandit

India

105

Sulakshana Pandit

India

141

Dolly Parton

United States

800+

Irene Parveen

Pakistan

462

Anuradha Paudwal

India

1518

Sharon Prabhakar

India

106

G. V. Prakash

India

113

Vijay Prakash

India

167

Prasanna

India

146

Vidhu Pratap

India

212

Elvis Presley

United States

757

Mohammed Rafi

India

4778

Harish Raghavendra

India

217

A. R. Rahman

India

100+

Altaf Raja

India

125

Yuvan Shankar Raja

India

131

A. M. Rajah

India

160

C. Ramchandra

India

125

Masud Rana

Pakistan

1009

Ranjith

India

287

Shilpa Rao

India

105

Roop Kumar Rathod

India

281

Vinod Rathod

India

540

Himesh Reshammiya

India

284

Reeta

India

123

Rihanna

Barbados

165

Ahmad Rushdi

Pakistan

851

Kumar Sanu

India

1918

S. P. Sailaja

India

177

Sadhana Sargam

India

1193

K. L. Saigal

India

145

Saindhavi

India

171

Hema Sardesai

India

136

Baba Sehgal

India

149

Selena

United States/Mexico

127

Shaan

India

783

Tupac Shakur

United States/Turkey

350

Richa Sharma

India

112

Sushma Shreshta

India/Nepal

416

Neeraj Shridhar

India

100

Kazi Shuvo

Bangladesh

173

Bhupinder Singh

India

365

Chitra Singh

India

150

Jagjit Singh

775

Mika Singh

India

178

Shailendra Singh

India

289

Sukhwinder Singh

India

448

T. M. Soundararajan

India

728

Britney Spears

United States

232

Srinivas

India

283

P. B. Srinivas

India

337

Vineeth Srinivasan

India

151

Anuradha Sriram

India

424

Barbara Streisand

United States

688

Donna Summer

United States

195

Munawar Sultana

Pakistan

141

Babul Supriyo

India

158

Suraiya

India

316

P. Susheela

India

17695 (currently holds Gunniess record for singing most songs)

Swarnalatha

India

441

Taylor Swift

United States

127

Monali Thakur

India

100+

Justin Timberlake

United States

117

Tippu

India

385

U-Z

Singer

Country

Number of songs recorded

Manhar Udhas

India

156

Pankaj Udhas

India

473

Usher

United States

159

Unnikrishnan

India

275

B Vasantha

India

164

Malaysia Vasudevan

India

562

Velmurugan

India

150

G. Venugopal

India

211

Manicka Vinayagam

India

147

Suresh Wadkar

India

842

Habib Wahid

Bangladesh

127

Dionne Warwick

United States

485

Alka Yagnik

India

2486

Sabina Yasmin

Bangladesh

3000+

K. J. Yesudas

India

5776 (previously held Gunniess record for singing maximum songs)

Vijay Yesudas

India

414