Lata Mangeshkar is one of the legendary playback singers in India. Her career started in 1942 and has spanned over seven decades. Mangeshkar has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi and Hindi. She is the elder sister of singers Asha Bhosle, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. India’s highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, was bestowed on her in 1989 by the Government of India. She also has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour.In 1974, The Guinness Book of Records listed Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in the history, stating that she had reportedly recorded “not less than 25,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in 20 Indian languages” between 1948 and 1974. In 2011, the entry was revived by Guinness crediting the record to Asha Bhosle as the most recorded artist in music history, “for recording up to 11,000 solo, duet and chorus-backed songs and in over 20 Indian languages since 1947”.