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Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. Chithra also sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. She has lent her voice to Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga, Sanskrit, Tulu, Urdu and Punjabi songs. Through a career spanning more than three decades, she has recorded over 20,000 songs. She is a recipient of six National Film Awards (the most by any female singer), five Filmfare Awards South and 31 different state film awards. She has won all the four south Indian state film awards. Chithra is popularly and fondly referred to as Chinna Kuyil (Little Nightingale of South India) or Keralathinte Vanambadi (Nightingale of Kerala).

Monthly Listeners

15.9 million

Followers

11.7 million

Total Streams

5.2 billion

Top Cities

2,577,466 listeners
2,766,175 listeners
2,028,317 listeners
1,437,312 listeners
985,495 listeners

Popular Tracks

10173 tracks
1
Yeh Haseen Vadiyan Yeh Khula Aasman

Yeh Haseen Vadiyan Yeh Khula Aasman

Mar 12, 1994

88.2 million

streams

2
Theerame

Theerame

Jul 12, 2021

68.8 million

streams

3
Saathiya Tune Kya Kiya

Saathiya Tune Kya Kiya

Sep 21, 1991

66.1 million

streams

4
Konji Pesida Venaam - From "Sethupathi"

Konji Pesida Venaam - From "Sethupathi"

Jan 20, 2016

56.3 million

streams

5
Ale Ale - Language: Tamil; From "Boys"

Ale Ale - Language: Tamil; From "Boys"

Feb 5, 2013

54.0 million

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6
Kannaalanae (From "Bombay")

Kannaalanae (From "Bombay")

Apr 7, 1992

53.4 million

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7
Kannalanae (From "Bombay")

Kannalanae (From "Bombay")

Nov 27, 1992

53.4 million

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8
Kannalane

Kannalane

Jan 14, 1995

53.4 million

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9
Ariyathe Ariyathe (From "Ravanaprabhu")

Ariyathe Ariyathe (From "Ravanaprabhu")

Jan 1, 1997

47.2 million

streams

10
Kehna Hi Kya - From "Bombay"

Kehna Hi Kya - From "Bombay"

Jan 1, 1994

45.0 million

streams