Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam pronunciation(help·info)(Telugu:శ్రీపతి పండితారాధ్యుల బాలసుబ్రహ్మణ్యం; born 4 June 1946) is a multilingualIndianplayback singer,actor,music director,voice actorand afilm producer. He is referred to asS. P. B.orBaluby the media. He has won theNational Film Award for Best Male Playback Singersix times closely followingK. J. Yesudas. He has sung over 40,000 songs[1]in 15Indianlanguages with a career spanning over 4 decades.Starting his career in 1966, he went on to become one of the leading playback singers of his time in India. He is the only playback singer inIndiato have wonNational Film Awardsacross four languages. He has also won aFilmfare Award, twoFilmfare Awards Southand numerous state awards fromAndhra Pradesh,Tamil NaduandKarnataka. He holds the record of having recorded the most number of songs for any male playback singer.]He is a recipient of the civilian awards such asPadmashri(2001) andPadma Bhushan(2011) from theGovernment of India.