| Kumar Sanu | |
| Wins: | 38 |
| Nominations: | 14 |
Kumar Sanu (born 20 October 1957) is an Indian playback singer. He is known as the King of Melody in Bollywood. He is famous for singing thousands of Bollywood Hindi super hit songs. Also as one of the most successful playback singers of 90s era of Bollywood. Apart from Hindi, he has also sung in other languages including Bengali, Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia,[1] Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali, both in West Bengal and Bangladesh. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer from 1991 to 1995. He holds the Guinness Book of world records since 1993 for recording the maximum number of songs in a single day.
For his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India. Many of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time".[2]
| Year | No. | Award | Honouring body | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | 31 March – Kumar Sanu Day: first Indian singer to achieve such honour in America | Michael R. Turner, Mayor, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.[3] | |
| 2001 | 2 | Doctorate (honorary) | University of America | |
| 2009 | 3 | Padma Shri India's 4th highest civilian honour | Government of India | |
| 2012 | 4 | Dr. Ambedkar Awards[4] | People Education Society | |
| 2014 | 5 | Maharashtraratna Awards | Government of Maharashtra | |
| 2014 | 6 | Mahanayak Samman Lifetime Achievement: as Bengali Playback Singer | Government of West Bengal | |
| 2015 | 7 | Sangeet Samman Lifetime Achievement Award | Government of West Bengal[5] | |
| 2017 | 8 | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Nobel Award | International Human Rights Council | |
| 2018 | 9 | Felicitation at the UK Houses of Parliament, along with Anuradha Paudwal for contribution in Indian Music and also social services. | Indo-British All Party Parliamentary Group[6] | |
| 2019 | 10 | Bishesh Sangeet Mahasanman | Government of West Bengal | |
| 2021 | 11 | Honoured with a Doctorate for his contribution to music. He has also been recognized with the Maharashtra Samman Award. Talking about the same, Sanu told IANS: "American University of USA has honoured me with the Nelson Mandela Nobel Peace Award. It is a Doctorate and the certificate came from the United States. The Governors of 120 countries have approved this. The award was given in Pune." | The American University of USA | |
| 2021 | 12 | Government of Madhya Pradesh[7] | ||
| 2022 | 13 | Banga Bibhushan, Highest Civilian Award of West Bengal | Government of West Bengal | |
| 2023 | 14 | Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar National Contribution Award, [National Award At Rajbhavan Mumbai] | Shri Bhagat Singh Koshiyari Honourable Governor Of Maharastra And Organiser Shri Gurubhai Sureshbhai Thakkar |
| Year | No. | Song | Film | Music director(s) | Lyricist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1 | "Ab Tere Bin" | Aashiqui | Nadeem-Shravan | Sameer | |
| 1992 | 2 | "Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai" | Saajan | |||
| 1993 | 3 | "Sochenge Tumhe Pyaar" | Deewana | |||
| 1994 | 4 | "Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen" | Baazigar | Anu Malik | Dev Kohli | |
| 1995 | 5 | "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha" | R.D. Burman | Javed Akhtar |
| Year | No. | Song | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | "Baazigar O Baazigar" | Baazigar | |
| 1995 | 2 | "Kuch Na Kaho" | ||
| 1996 | 3 | "Tujhe Dekha To" | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | |
| 1996 | 4 | "Tu Mile Dil Khile" | Criminal | |
| 1998 | 5 | "Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain" | Pardes | |
| 1999 | 6 | "Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai" | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | |
| 2000 | 7 | "Aankhon Ki Gusthakiyaan" | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | |
| 2003 | 8 | "Sanam Mere Humraaz" | Humraaz | |
| 2004 | 9 | "Kisise Tum Pyar Karo" | Andaaz |