Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is a Indian playback singer. She is noted in Hindi cinema with a career spanning three decades.She is a record seven-time winner from a record of 35 nominations of the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, a two-time recipient of the National Film Award as well as several other music awards & honours listed below. Further, as many as 20 of her tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time" review.