Legendary Playback Singer - S P Balasubrahmanyam Passed Away

Legendary playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam passed away in Chennai on Friday. He was 74.
He was hospitalized in August after testing positive for COVID-19, died on 25 September 2020 afternoon at MGM Hospital hospital in Chennai. On September 7, he tested negative for COVID-19, He reportedly did well initially, but continued to be on the ventilator and ECMO even as he participated in passive physiotherapy.
He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter —daughter Pallavi and son SP Charan both are playback singers. 

Born: 4 June 1946

Konetampet, Madras Presidency, British India

(present-day Tamil Nadu, India)

Died: 25 September 2020 (aged 74)

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Genres: Playback singing

Occupation(s): Singer, Actor, Music director, Film producer

Years active: 1966–2020

Popularly known as SPB, Balasubrahmanyam made his singing debut in 1966 with Telugu movie Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna. Balasubrahmanyam was also a voice-over artist. He was the voice-over artist for actor Kamal Hassan, he was also acted in a few movies.

The veteran singer has recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi, and holds the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs by a singer. He won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times, the Filmfare Award seven times for his work across many industries, the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards four times, the Government of Andhra Pradesh's Nandi Awards 25 times, and the Karnataka State Film Awards three times. He was also a recipient of the Government of India's Padma Bhushan (2011) and Padmashri (2001).

SPB is no more, but his voice will live on.