Asha Bhosle
3066 Albums

Born	Asha Mangeshkar (1933-09-08) 8 September 1933 (age 84) Sangli, Sangli State, British India
Occupation	1943–present
Spouse(s)	Ganpatrao Bhosle (1949–1960)(separated) R. D. Burman (1980–1994)(his death)
Children	Hemant Bhosle Varsha Bhosle Anand Bhosle
Parent(s)	Deenanath Mangeshkar Shevanti Mangeshkar
Relatives	Lata Mangeshkar (Sister) Meena Mangeshkar (Sister) Usha Mangeshkar (Sister) Hridaynath Mangeshkar (Brother) SD Burman (Father-in-law)

Asha Bhosle^[1] (born 8 September 1933), is an Indian singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, although she has a wider repertoire.^[2][3][4] Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies. In addition, she has recorded several private albums and participated in numerous solo concerts in India and abroad.^[5][6] Bhosle is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar.Renowned for her voice range and often credited for her versatility,^[2][7][8] Bhosle's work includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, and Rabindra Sangeets. Apart from Hindi, she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages.^[9] In 2006, Asha Bhosle stated that she had sung over 12,000 songs,^[10] a figure repeated by several other sources.^[9][11] In 2011, she was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history.^[12] The Government of India honoured her with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan^[13] in 2008. In 2013, she made her debut as an actress in the film Mai, and received critical acclaim for her performance.