# List of Carnatic singers

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Carnatic music is the classical music of South India. The following lists provide links to concert artists who have been widely recognised.

## Vocalists - born before 1800

* Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi, born 1700
* Dharma Raja Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma, born 1724
* Syama Shastri, born 1762
* Tyagaraja, born 1767
* Muthuswami Dikshitar, born 1775
* Irayimman Thampi, born 1782
* Shadkala Govinda Marar, born 1798, Endaro Mahanubhavulu was sung by Tyagaraja after he heard Marar sing.

## Vocalists - born between 1801 and 1900

* Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
* Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
* Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer
* Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar, born 1803
* Subbaraya Sastri, born 1803 - rare honour to learn from the Trinity of Carnatic Music.
* Swati Tirunal, born 1813
* Palghat Parameswara Bhagavathar, born 1815
* Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan, born 1844
* Patnam Subramania Iyer, born 1845
* Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar, born 1860
* Mysore Vasudevachar, born 1865
* Tiger Varadachariar, born 1876
* Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu, born 1883
* Madurai Pushpavanam
* Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, born 1890
* Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, born 1896
* Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, born 1896
* Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai, born 1898
* Musiri Subramania Iyer, born 1899

## Vocalists - born between 1901 and 1925

* Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
* Lalita Venkatram
* Madurai Mani Iyer
* M. S. Subbulakshmi
* D. K. Pattammal
* K. V. Narayanaswamy
* Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, born 1908
* K. B. Sundarambal, born 1908
* Lalita Venkatram, born 1909
* G. N. Balasubramaniam, born 1910
* Alathur Brothers: Srinivasa Iyer (born 1911) & Sivasubramania Iyer (born 1916)
* Madurai Mani Iyer, born 1912
* Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavatar, born 1912
* T. Brinda, born 1912
* T. Muktha, born 1914
* M. S. Subbulakshmi, born 1916
* Sattur A. G. Subramaniam, born 1916
* S. Ramanathan, born 1917
* Vasundhara Devi, born 1917
* Sandhyavandanam Srinivasa Rao, born 1918
* Ramnad Krishnan, born 1918
* Rajam Pushpavanam, born 1918
* D. K. Pattammal, born 1919
* Madurai Somasundaram, born 1919
* Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, born 1919
* N. C. Vasanthakokilam, born 1919
* R. K. Srikantan, born 1920
* B. Rajam Iyer, born 1922
* Manakkal Rangarajan, born 1922
* K. V. Narayanaswamy, born 1923
* M. D. Ramanathan, born 1923

## Vocalists - born between 1926 and 1950

* M. L. Vasanthakumari
* Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
* N. Lalitha Bhanu
* K. J. Yesudas
* Trichur V. Ramachandran
* T. N. Seshagopalan
* L.P.R. Varma, born 1926
* Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy, born 1927
* M. L. Vasanthakumari, born 1928
* Maharajapuram Santhanam, born 1928
* Vairamangalam LakshmiNarayanan, born 1928
* D. K. Jayaraman, born 1928
* T. K. Govinda Rao, born 1929
* Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, born 1930
* S. Kalyanaraman, born 1930
* N. Lalitha Bhanu, born 1931
* T. V. Gopalakrishnan, born 1932
* Radha Jayalakshmi Sisters, born 1932
* Seerkazhi Govindarajan, born 1933
* P. S. Narayanaswamy, born 1934
* P Leela, born 1934
* R. Vedavalli, born 1935
* Bombay Sisters - C.Saroja (1936) and C.Lalitha (1938)
* Jon B. Higgins, born 1939
* Neyyattinkara M. K. Mohanachandran, Born 1939
* Pattu Rajagopalan
* K. J. Yesudas, born 1940
* M. G. Radhakrishnan, born 1940
* Trichur V. Ramachandran, born 1940
* K. Omanakutty, born 1943
* T. V. Sankaranarayanan, born 1945
* O. S. Thyagarajan, born 1947
* Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan, born 1948
* Garimella Balakrishna Prasad, born 1948
* Hyderabad Brothers - D. Seshachari and D. Raghavachari

## Vocalists born between 1951 and 1975

* Sudha Ragunathan
* K. S. Chithra
* P. Unnikrishnan
* Sanjay Subrahmanyan
* Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma
* Nithyasree Mahadevan
* Charumathi Ramachandran, born 1951
* Aruna Sairam, born 1952
* Sudha Ragunathan, born 1956
* M. G. Sreekumar, born 1957
* Bellary M Raghavendra, born 1958
* Bombay Lakshmi Rajagopalan, born 1959
* Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram, born 1959
* K. S. Chithra, born 1963
* O. S. Arun, born 1964
* Neyveli Santhanagopalan, born 1963
* P. Unnikrishnan, born 1966
* Shankar Mahadevan, born 1967
* Vijay Siva, born 1967
* Sanjay Subrahmanyan, born 1968
* Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma, born 1968
* S. Sowmya, born 1969
* Sharreth, born 1969
* M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri, born 1971
* Malladi Brothers - Sreeram Prasad (1971) and Ravi Kumar (1973)
* Gayathri Girish, born 1973
* Nithyashree Mahadevan, born 1973

## Vocalists born between 1976 and 2000

* Ranjani-Gayatri
* T. M. Krishna
* Sikkil Gurucharan
* Saketharaman
* Ramakrishnan Murthy
* K. V. Krishna Prasad
* Ranjani–Gayatri - Ranjani (born 1973) and Gayatri (born 1976)
* T. M. Krishna, born 1976
* Vishaka Hari, born 1978
* Nisha Rajagopalan, born 1980
* Karthik (singer), born 1980
* Trichur Brothers - Srikrishna (born 1980) and Raamkumar (born 1983)
* Sriram Parthasarathy, born 1981
* Ranjani Hebbar, born 1981
* Sikkil Gurucharan, born 1982
* Saketharaman, born 1982
* Akkarai Sisters - Akkarai Subhalakshmi (born 1983) and Akkarai Sornalatha (born 1986)
* Ramakrishnan Murthy, born 1989
* Abhishek Raghuram, born 1985
* Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath
* Sid Sriram, born 1990
* K. V. Krishna Prasad, born 1988
* Sivani Saraswathula, born in 1990
* S. Aishwarya, born in 1995

## Vocalists - born after 2000

* Rahul Vellal, born 2007
* Delhi Sisters - Madhavi Sitaraman (born 2001) and Vaishnavi Sitaraman (born 2004)

## Other vocalists

* Chong Chiu Sen
* Gayathri Venkataraghavan
* Ashwath Narayanan
* Bharat Sundar
* Sriranjani Santhanagopalan
* Geetha Rajashekar
* S. J. Jananiy
* Bombay Jayashri
* Mahathi
* Vedavathi Prabhakar
* Priya Sisters - Vemuri Shanmukha Priya and Hari Priya
* Chinmaya Sisters - Uma and Radhika
* Pantula Rama
* Ramakrishnan Murthy
* Sampagodu Vighnaraja
* Sreevalsan J Menon
* M. S. Sheela
* R. Suryaprakash
* Vani Sateesh
* Vidya Subramanian
* Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam
* Visalakshi Nityanand