Playback singer - wikipedia Playback singer For other uses, see Playback. Look up playback singer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pakistani playback singer Ahmed Rushdi performing live on stage in 1954 Indian playback singer Mohammed Rafi in a photo shoot in 1966 A playback singer is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip - sync the songs for cameras ; the actual singer does not appear on screen. Contents 1 South Asia 2 Hollywood 3 See also 4 References South Asia South Asian movies produced in the Indian subcontinent are particularly known for using this technique. A majority of Indian movies as well as Pakistani movies typically include six or seven songs. After Alam Ara ( 1931 ), the first Indian talkie film, for many years singers made dual recordings for a film, one during the shoot, and later in the recording studio, until 1952 or 1953. Popular playback singers in India enjoy the same status as popular actors, and music directors, such as Rahul Dev Burman ( 1939 -- 1994 ), Ilaiyaraaja and A.R. Rahman, also receive wide public admiration. Most of the playback singers are initially trained in classical music, but they later often expand their range. Mohammed Rafi and Ahmed Rushdi are regarded as two of the most influential playback singers in South Asia. The sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, who have mainly worked in Hindi films, are often referred to as two of the best - known and most prolific playback singers in India. In 1991, Mangeshkar was cited by the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung more than 30,000 solo, duet and chorus - backed song recordings, more than any other singer in the world. However, her name was removed in 1991 and replaced by another Indian playback singer, Dr KJ Yesudas in 1991. All India Record. In 2011, Guinness officially acknowledged Lata Mangeshkar 's sister Asha Bhosle as the most recorded artist in music history, surpassing her sister. Popular Indian singers include Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, Asha Bhosle, Bhupen Hazarika, K.J. Yesudas, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor, Talat Mahmood, Shamshad Begum, Suraiya, Mubarak Begum, Sandhya Mukherjee, Geeta Dutt, Anuradha Paudwal, Amit Kumar, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.S. Chithra, S. Janaki, Vani Jayaram, P. Leela, Swarnalatha, Shreya Ghoshal, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhana Sargam, Mano, Sujatha Mohan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Aditi Singh Sharma, Anuradha Sriram, Harini, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Arijit Singh, Palak Muchhal, Armaan Malik, Jonita Gandhi, Nakash Aziz, Neeti Mohan, Sonu Nigam, Neha Kakkar, Mohit Chauhan, Shaan, KK, Himesh Reshammiya, Nitin Mukesh, Mika Singh, Rajesh Krishnan, Rekha Bhardwaj, Shweta Subram, Shweta Mohan, Papon, Zubeen Garg. Famous Pakistani playback singers include Ahmed Rushdi, Mehdi Hassan, Shafqat Amanat Ali, Nazia Hassan, Alamgir, Masood Rana, Adnan Sami Khan, Noor Jehan, Mala, Atif Aslam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Zafar, Ghulam Ali, Runa Laila, Hadiqa Kiani, Alycia Dias, Saleem Raza, Akhlaq Ahmed, Mujeeb Aalam, Asad Amanat Ali Khan, Bashir Ahmad, Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, Abrar - ul - Haq, Abida Parveen, Ali Azmat, Brian O'Connell, Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, Fariha Pervez, Ghulam Haider, Humera Arshad, Jawad Ahmad, Sajjad Ali, Salma Agha, Muhammad Juman, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Waqar Ali, Zohaib Hassan and A. Nayyar. Hollywood Playback singing is not as common in contemporary Hollywood as musicals are less frequent. It was, however, more widely used in the past. Notable Hollywood performances include Marni Nixon in West Side Story for Natalie Wood 's portrayal of Maria, in The King and I for Deborah Kerr 's Anna Leonowens and for Audrey Hepburn 's Eliza in My Fair Lady ; Bill Lee singing for John Kerr 's Lieutenant Cable in South Pacific and for Christopher Plummer 's Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Lindsay Ridgeway for Ashley Peldon 's character as Darla Dimple in the animated film Cats Do n't Dance, Claudia Brücken providing the singing voice for Erika Heynatz 's character as Elsa Lichtmann in L.A. Noire, and Betty Noyes singing for Debbie Reynolds in Singin ' in the Rain, a movie in which playback singing is a major plot point. See also India portal Bollywood portal Music portal List of Indian playback singers List of Pakistani film singers Filmi - ghazal Dubbing, also known as looping or post-sync. Ghost singer References Jump up ^ Wolk, Douglas ( April 1999 ). `` Kill Your Radio : Music On The ' Net ''. 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Question: who sang the most number of songs in the world
Answer: Asha Bhosle; Asha Bhosle