Happy Birthday SP Balasubramaniam: Five interesting unknown facts about the fabulous singer

Popular veteran singer SP Balasubramaniam has made an unmatchable contribution to film songs. He started his cinema journey in 1966 and continues to entertain fans to this day. Apart from his unique voice, he has also played a few supporting roles in films and received a lot of love from fans. Today, the special singer is celebrating his 74th birthday, and fans and celebrities are showing wishes over him on social media. On this occasion, we bring to you five interesting facts that you probably didn’t know about the singer.

SP Balasubramaniam joined JNTU in Anantapur to pursue his engineering, but for some reason, he quit college. At the same time, he joined the Chennai Institution of Engineers and participated in many music competitions. There, he stunned everyone with his voice and won a competition, which was judged by SP Kodanadapani. Later, SP Kodandapani became the mentor and guru of SP Balasubramaniam.

SP Balasubramaniam is a lucky charm for many, and he has sung many opening songs. The singer has set a Guinness record for singing the highest number of songs in his lifetime. At an average of 930 songs per year or nearly 3 songs per day, SP Balasubramaniam has sung 40,000+ songs, which is the most unbeatable record of any singer in the world. Also, SPB has sung several private albums.

SP Balasubramaniam holds the record for the highest number of songs in a day. The talented singer has recorded 21 songs in 12 hours for Kannada composer Upendra Kumar. He has also recorded 19 Tamil songs in a day and 16 songs in a day in Hindi. In the song, 'Mannil Intha' for the film 'Keladi Kanmani', he has sung for continuous lines without pausing for a breath.

Apart from singing, we have seen SP Balasubramaniam playing supporting roles in films, and he has worked in almost 72 movies. He speaks all the South Indian languages fluently and has acted in films across the languages Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Also, SP Balasubramaniam has been the music director for 46 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages.

SP Balasubramaniam is one of the rare singers who has won six National Awards, and another one for his contribution over four different Indian languages. In Telugu, he has won three times, while in Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada he has won once each. In Tamil, SP Balasubramaniam won the National Award for his excellent rendering of the song 'Thanga Thamarai' in the film 'Minsara Kanavu'.