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Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered Asia's Nobel Prize, in 1974 with the citation reading "Exacting purists acknowledge Srimati M. S. Subbulakshmi as the leading exponent of classical and semi-classical songs in the carnatic tradition of South India. She was the First Indian who performed in United Nations General Assembly in 1966."

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Discography

  • Remembering the Legend - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Vol. 1

    Remembering the Legend - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Vol. 1

    Album2016
  • Masterworks From the NCPA Archives

    Masterworks From the NCPA Archives

    Album2015
  • Gems of Thyagaraja, Volume 1

    Gems of Thyagaraja, Volume 1

    Album2014
  • Bhaja Govindam - Vishnu Sahasranamam

    Bhaja Govindam - Vishnu Sahasranamam

    Album2013
  • Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham

    Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham

    Album2007
  • Popular melodies of M.S. Subbulakshmi

    Popular melodies of M.S. Subbulakshmi

    Album2005
  • Gems of Thyagaraja, Volume 2

    Gems of Thyagaraja, Volume 2

    Album2005
  • Gems of Thyagaraja, Volume 3

    Gems of Thyagaraja, Volume 3

    Album2005
  • Nadamrutham

    Nadamrutham

    Album2004
  • Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham

    Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham

    Album2001
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