# Entertainment

Golden Voice, thy name is Alka Yagnik

Alka was the most streamed artist on YouTube globally, with 15.3 billion YouTube streams in 2022, and an average of 42 million per day.

Statesman News Service | New Delhi | January 29, 2023 2:52 pm

Alka Yagnik is one of the talented singers of Bollywood with beautiful voice and extraordinary talent. She has given some of the massive hits of all time loved by everyone.

She has her one fan base, who shower their love on her. For the uninitiated, she won 7 Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer from 36 nominations and two National Film Awards.

Alka is one of the female artists with the maximum number of solo songs in the history of the Bollywood Music industry. Recently, the versatile singer has added one record in her list, as Alka Yagnik, becomes the most streamed artist on YouTube beating popular artists.

According to the Guinness World Book Records, Alka was the most streamed artist on YouTube globally, with 15.3 billion YouTube streams in 2022, and an average of 42 million per day.

Surpassing Bad Bunny (Puerto Rico), who received 14.7 billion streams, the Bollywood singer has bagged the first position. Besides this, the list also revealed the versatile singer was the most streamed artist on YouTube, with 17.7 billion streams in 2021 and 16.6 billion in 2020.

Moreover, according to ChartMasters, close to 25 percent of YouTube’s users are from India. By continent, the market share is dominated by Asia and the top ten was dominated by South Korean superstars BTS with 7.95 billion streams and BLACKPINK at 7.03 billion. Furthermore, Taylor Swift (4.33 billion) was in 26th place, Drake (2.9 billion) was in 50th place, and The Weeknd (5.7 billion) was in 13th place.