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Lata Mangeshkar Get a Spot on Rolling Stone’s 200 Best Singers of All Time

The highly regarded Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar features at the 84th Spot on Rolling Stone's 200 Best Singers of All Time. The Queen of souls Aretha Franklin is on No.1.
Aarohi Agarwal
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The world is arguing over Twitter why the extremely exhilarating singer Celine Dion was not on the list published by Rolling Stone. But Indian music lovers are quite satisfied to see their beloved singer Lata Mangeshkar has gained the 84th spot on the list of 200 Best Singers of All Time published by Rolling Stone. Alongside the nightingale of India, there was extremely enchanting Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was also featured in that list.

The great singer died in February 2022 at an age of 92. And right after that when the Oscars didn’t mention Lata Mangeshkar Indians were a bit annoyed and at that time Twitter was flooding with tweets on that subject. For a change, this list has been a proud moment for every Indian music lover. And they are quite content to see what Rolling Stone has written about their extremely adored singer.

The article reads, “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.”

Lata Mangeshkar
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The top 20 best artists of all time go like this, on number 20. Marvin Gaye, 19. Frank Sinatra, 18. Celia Cruz, 17. Elvis Presley, 16. Prince, 15. Bob Dylan, 14. Freddie Mercury, 13. Patsy Cline, 12. John Lennon, 11. Little Richard, 10. Al Green, 9. Otis Redding, 8. Beyonce, 7. Stevie Wonder, 6. Ray Charles, 5. Mariah Carey, 4. Billie Holiday, 3. Sam Cooke, 2. Whitney Houston, and on number 1. Aretha Franklin.

There are various extremely famous artists who are a part of this list. Adele is in the 22nd Spot, another Beatle Paul McCartney is in the 26th spot, David Bowie is in 32th, and Louis Armstrong is in the 39th. While Ariana Grande is in the 43rd spot, Lady Gaga got the 58th spot; Rihanna grabs the 68th spot on the list. Extremely popular singers like Bob Marley, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, Neil Young, Billie Eilish, Elton John, and many others are a part of that list.

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