
Alka Yagnik is an actor, singer, composer born in Calcutta (India).
Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. One of the most prominent singers of 1990s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades, including two National Film Awards, two Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer from a record of thirty-seven nominations. Yagnik is one of the most prolific female playback singers and artists, and has sung a large number of female solos in her Bollywood career. In her career spanning over four decades she has sung songs for more than thousand films and recorded over 22 thousand songs in over 25 different languages. Twenty of her tracks feature in BBC's list of top forty Bollywood soundtracks of all-time. She is ranked No.1 on the YouTube's Music Charts & Insights list of top global artists as of March 2025.
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| Born | 20 March 1963, Calcutta |
| Profession | actor, singer, composer |
| Nationality | India |
| Educated at | Modern High School for Girls |
| Awards | Filmfare Awards |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Capricorn |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Ashadha (Pada 2) |
| Sun Sign | Pisces |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Virgo |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Astrology of Professions (Pathak)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 126 singers with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 7 of them (6%) have the Moon in Capricorn, like Alka Yagnik, and 2 (2%) share the Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra — the #23 most common Moon Nakshatra among singers, where Swati leads with 12 (10%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Alka Yagnik was born on 20 March 1963 in Calcutta. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Astrology of Professions (Pathak)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Alka Yagnik's Moon sign (Rashi) is Capricorn and the Nakshatra is Uttara Ashadha, pada 2, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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