Alka Yagnik

Story goes she recorded "Ek Do Teen" for Tezaab while running a fever, and it still became the song that kicked off seven Filmfare wins, tied with Asha Bhosle for the most ever. Guinness had her as the most-streamed artist on YouTube three years running, ahead of Taylor Swift and BTS, which is a wild stat for someone whose biggest hits are from the 90s. Here's four decades of the songs that made her Bollywood's default voice for romance.