| Names |
Kattassery Joseph
(K.J.) YESUDAS |
| Date of
Birth |
January 10, 1940
– Cochin, Kerala, India. |
| Identity |
Indian classical
musician and playback singer. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1975: He was honoured with
PADMA SHRI Award by he Govt of India.
- 2002: He was honoured with
PADMA BHUSHAN Award by he Govt of India.
- 2002: He was honoured with
Sangeetha Kalasikhamani by The Indian Fine arts Society,
Chennai, India.
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| Special
Achievements / Events |
- He is fondly addressed as Gana Gandharvan (i.e. the
Celestial Singer).
- He sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular
music.
- He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many Indian as
well as foreign languages during a career spanning five
decades.
- He has performed in most Indian languages.
- He also composed a number of Malayalam film songs in the
1970s and 1980s.
- He is credited with singing the largest number of
officially recorded songs by any singer in the world.
- In 2006, he sang 16 film songs in four South Indian
languages on the same day at AVM Studio, Chennai.
- He has won the National Award for the Best Male Playback
Singer seven times (the most by any Indian singer) and the
State Award for the Best Playback Singer 43 times, which
consists of awards by the state governments of Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal.
- He is the only singer who has been accorded the title
Asthana Gayakan (official singer) of Kerala State.
- He is a recipient of (i) Kerala State Film Awards a
record 26 times for the best playback singer by the
Government of Kerala; (ii) Karnataka State Film Awards three
times for the best playback singer by the Government of
Karnataka; (iii) Tamil Nadu State Film Awards five times for
the best playback singer by the Government of Tamil Nadu;
(iv) Andhra Pradesh State Film Awards four times for the
best playback singer by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and
(v) West Bengal State Film Awards one time for the best
playback singer by the Government of West Bengal.
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