Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam also referred to as S. P. B was an Indian musician, playback
singer, music director, actor, dubbing artist, and film producer who worked predominantly in
Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam films. Widely regarded as one of the greatest
singers of India, He won six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in
four different languages; Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. According to some sources, he held
the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs by a singer with over 40,000
songs. He recorded 21 songs in Kannada for the composer Upendra Kumar in Bengaluru from 9 am to
9 pm on 8 February 1981. In addition, he recorded 19 songs in Tamil and 16 songs in Hindi in a
day, which has also been called a record.

• Naguva Nayana [1983]
• Ee Bhoomi Bannada Buguri [2014]
• Ee Sundara [1996]
• Kaadhak Rojave [1992]
• Dil Deewana [1989]

• Padma Shri [Government of India]
• Padma Bhushan [Government of India]
• Karnataka Rajyothsava Award
  [Government of Karnataka]
• SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award
• Filmfare Awards South[3 times]