Alka Yagnik beats BTS, Taylor Swift to become the most-streamed artist on YouTube

One of Bollywood's most famous playback singers, Alka Yagnik has achieved a major milestone. Yagnik, who was known for her hit songs in the 1990s and 2000s, has become the most streamed artist on YouTube. Yagnik has surpassed global artists like BTS, Taylor Swift and Beyonce to achieve this feat. With a career spanning over three decades, Yagnik has done playback for almost all the leading heroines of Bollywood and her songs have ruled the charts through the entire 1990s and 2000s.

Yagnik's versatility is well known and she has sung over 7000 songs in several Indian languages over years. She has been awarded several awards in her career including the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
As per a report on the Guinness Book of World Records, Yagnik's songs recorded 15.3 billion streams on YouTube which are about an average of 42 million streams per day. Yagnik's popularity on the Video streaming site has been growing for the last two years. In 2021, she had 17 billion streams while in 2020 she had 16.6 billion streams.

Second to her on the list is Bad Bunny with 14.7 billion streams. The top five names on the list include three Indian singers- Udit Narayan (10.8 billion), Arijit Singh (10.7 billion) and Kumar Sanu (9.09 billion). Narayan and Sanu collaborated with Yagnik on several hit numbers in Bollywood in the 1990s.

While fans of Yagnik were elated with the news, what was more surprising was that she beat international artists like BTS (7.95 billion) and BLACKPINK (7.03 billion) to emerge at the top. The Weeknd took the 13th spot with 5.7 billion streams, Taylor Swift was in the 26th spot with 4.33 billion streams and Drake was in the 50th spot with 2.9 billion streams.

Yagnik's biggest hits include 'Pardesi Pardesi,' 'Gazab Ka Hai Din', 'Taal Se Taal Mila' and more recently, 'Agar Tum Saath Ho.'