New Delhi: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar is ranked 84th among the 200 greatest singers of all time by Rolling Stone. The deceased Pakistani vocalist Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is featured on the list in addition to the Indian artist. Jungkook, the youngest member of BTS, is also listed on the list.
The South Korean singer-songwriter Lee Ji-eun, better known by her stage name IU, is also featured on the list. However, singer Celine Dion, has been left off the list.
“The crystalline, eternally girlish voice of 'the Melody Queen' is a cornerstone of Indian pop music, with a global influence spread via Bollywood films, whose golden era she defined. Lata was the empress of playback singers, the vocal magicians who perform songs for actors to lip-sync in lavish movie musicals, recording over 7,000 such songs, by some estimates," Rolling Stone wrote while talking about Lata Mangeshkar.
The top 20 artists in the list are: 1. Aretha Franklin, 2. Whitney Houston, 3. Sam Cooke, 4. Billie Holiday, 5. Mariah Carey, 6. Ray Charles, 7. Stevie Wonder, 8. Beyonce, 9. Otis Redding, 10. Al Green, 11. Little Richard, 12. John Lennon, 13. Patsy Cline, 14. Freddie Mercury, 15. Bob Dylan, 16. Prince, 17. Elvis Presley, 18. Celia Cruz, 19. Frank Sinatra and 20. Marvin Gaye.
In February 2022, Lata Mangeshkar passed away at the age of 92. In her career, she performed a lot of songs and recorded them in more than 36 different languages. Among many others, she provided voiceover services for Meena Kumari, Jaya Bachchan, Rakhee, Sharmila Tagore, Sridevi, Kajol, and Madhuri Dixit.