Indian playback singer P. Susheela has won a Guinness World Record for the highest number of songs sung in over six Indian languages.
In an official certificate presented by Guinness, it was verified that she has sung 17,695 tracks as either solos, duets or chorus-backed songs as of January 28, 2016.
With a career lasting over five decades, Susheela has over 30,000 songs to her credit across multiple languages.
In Telugu alone, she has sung close to 20,000 songs, followed by around 10,000 in Tamil.
Having made her singing debut in 1952 Tamil film Petra Thai, she went on to work on several classics such as Missamma, Savaale Samaali, Siri Siri Muvva and Meghasandesham.
She has five National Awards to her credit, besides a Padma Bhushan (third highest civilian award in India), which was presented to her in 2008.
