Celebrated singer Alka Yagnik once again carved a space for herself in the Guinness Book of World Records for a third consecutive year. She emerged as the most streamed singer of 2022 and beat some of the world’s biggest singers like Taylor Swift, Drake and Beyonce. Interestingly, her number of streams are legions ahead of others. ALSO READ | Aditya Narayan Opens Up About The Time When He Flirted With Alka Yagnik On A Show; Reveals Dad Udit Narayan’s Reaction
A Hindustan Times report suggests that the Guinness Book of World Records saw Alka’s songs registered over 15.3 billion streams, an average of 42 million streams per day. To everyone’s surprise, she has achieved this feat in the last two years as well. She had 17 billion streams in 2021 and 16.6 billion in 2020.
Following her, Bad Bunny grabbed the second spot with 14.7 billion streams. The rest three on the list are Indian singers - Udit Narayan (10.8 billion), Arijit Singh (10.7 billion) and Kumar Sanu (9.09 billion).
The list comes as a surprise as none of the global singers have been able to record such numbers.
BTS (7.95 billion) and BLACKPINK (7.03 billion) both made the top ten, while The Weeknd (5.7 billion) took the 13th spot; Taylor Swift (4.33 billion) was 26th; and Drake (2.9 billion) was 50th, reported Hindustan Times.
For those unaware, Alka Yagnik is a leading Bollywood playback singer in the 90s and has recorded hundreds of songs to her credit. She did playback singing for the likes of Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Sridevi and others. ALSO READ | Dance Deewane 3: Legends Alka Yagnik And Kumar Sanu Grace The Show, Contestants Leave Them Floored With Their Special Acts
Some of her biggest hits include Pardesi Pardesi, Gazab Ka Hai Din, Taal Se Taal Mila and more recently, Agar Tum Saath Ho.
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