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• Asha Bhosle has been singing for 80 Nelly Furtado and Code Red.
years. She recorded over 10,000 songs for • In 2002 she tried to compose music with
hundreds of movies. an album Aap Ki Asha
• She was also the subject of the song • In 2012, she acted in a Marathi film
“Brimful of Asha” by Cornershop called Mai
• Her daughter Varsha was also a • Asha was the first Indian singer to be
playback singer in a few films. nominated for a grammy for the album
• In circa 2011 the Guinness Book of Legacy with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
World Records officially acknowledged • RD Burman and Gulzar were requested
Bhosle, at The Asian Awards, as the most by Asha to collaborate, but the day never
recorded artist in the history of music after dawned till one day Burman heard the
a historian put her playlist together. Background Music of a Bond film and
• Asha’s granddaughter Zanai Bhosale is called Gulzar and made the album Dil
an upcoming singer and has done a video Padosi Hai for Asha’s 54th birthday.
with India’s first transgender band Six • Asha Bhosle won two National Awards
Pack Band. for best playback singer for the film Umrao
• Asha Bhosle has collaborated with Boy Jaan and Ijaazat for Dil Cheez Kya Hai and
George, Michael Stipe, the Kronos Quartet, Mera Kuch Samaan respectively.
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