Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan in 2017
Born	Udit Narayan Jha (1955-12-01) 1 December 1955 (age 69) Baisi, Supaul district, Bihar, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus, Tribhuvan University
Occupation	Playback singer
Years active	1980–present
Spouses	Ranjana Jha (m. 1984; sep.)[1] Deepa Gahatraj ​ (m. 1985)​ [1]
Children	Aditya Narayan[2]
Relatives	Shweta Agarwal (daughter-in-law)
Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer Lata Mangeshkar Award National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
Honours	Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu (2001) Padma Shri (2009) Padma Bhushan (2016)
Musical career
Genres	Filmi pop Semi-Classical Bhajan folk
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Yash Raj Films T-Series SKS Music Company Sony Music Sony BMG Gramophone Tips Saregama Venus
Musical artist

Udit Narayan Jha (born 1 December 1955) is an Indian playback singer^[3] whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi films. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali, Sindhi, Odia, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Malayalam, Assamese, Bagheli and Maithili.^[4] He has won four National Film Awards^[5] and five Filmfare Awards with twenty nominations among many others. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009^[6] and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution towards arts and culture.^[7] As many as 21 of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time".^[8]

He got to sing with Mohammed Rafi in his Hindi playback debut in Unees-Bees in 1980 and also with Kishore Kumar in the 1980s. He finally made his mark in the 1988 film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak starring Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla, his song "Papa Kehte Hain" was his notable performance which earned him his first Filmfare Award in the 1980s and he established himself in Bollywood Playback Singing. The soundtrack became one of the highest selling albums in the 1980s. The soundtrack was a breakthrough for the careers of Anand–Milind,^[9] as well as T-Series, one of India's leading record labels.^[10] after which he was one of the favourites of music directors. In the 1990s he sung for a thousands of songs including Hindi and Nepali languages.

Recognising his contribution towards Nepalese music, the King of Nepal Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev honoured him with the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu in 2001 after his contribution to Indian cinema and music, and Chitragupta Cineyatra Samman 2015 for his contribution towards Bhojpuri cinema.^[11] He is the only male singer in the history of the Filmfare Awards to have won in over three decades (the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s).^[12]