List of Indian playback singers
This is a list of Indian playback singers. The list is alphabetized by first name.
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Female playback singers
Name | Languages | Years active | Source |
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Alisha Chinai | Hindi, Telugu, Kannada | 1988–Present | |
Alka Yagnik | Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Odia, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu, Bhojpuri, English | 1979–present | |
Alka Ajith | Malayalam, Tamil | 2011 – present | |
Amirbai Karnataki | Hindi, Urdu | 1945–1961 | |
Andrea Jeremiah | Tamil, English | 2007–present | |
Antara Mitra | Hindi, Bengali, English | 2007–present | |
Anupama | Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, French | 1992–present | |
Anupama Deshpande | Hindi, Telugu, English, Tamil, Odia | 1984–2002 | |
Anuradha Bhat | Kannada | 2006–present | |
Anuradha Paudwal | Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, Nepali | 1973–present | |
Anuradha Sriram | Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam | 1993–present | |
Anushka Manchanda | Hindi, Telugu, Tamil | 2006–present | |
Aarti Mukherji | Benagli, Hindi etc. | ||
Asha Bhosle | Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, English, Russian, Czech, Nepali, Malay, Malayalam, Konkani, Oriya and other languages | 1943–present. | |
Banumathi | Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada | 1941–2006 | |
Bhavatharini | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada | 1995–present | |
B. R. Chaya | Kannada | 1977–present | |
Bela Shende | Marathi, Hindi, Tamil and Urdu | 1999–present | |
Bombay Jayashri | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada | 1982–present | |
Chaitra H. G. | Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Konkani, English | 2002–present | |
Charulatha Mani | Tamil, Kannada | 2002–present | |
Chinmayi | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada | 2002–present | |
Chitra Singh | Hindustani, Bengali | 1965–present | |
Deepa Miriam | Tamil, Malayalam | 2005–present | |
Dominique Cerejo | Hindi, Tamil | 2000–present | |
Falguni Pathak | Hindustani, Gujarati | 1988–present | |
Gayatri Asokan | Malayalam | 1998–present | |
Gayatri Iyer (Gayatri Ganjawala) | Hindi, Telugu | 1996–present | |
Geeta Dutt | Hindi, Bengali | 1946–1971 | |
Geeta Madhuri | Telugu, Tamil | 2006 –present | |
Harshdeep Kaur | Hindi, Punjabi, English | 2001– present | |
Hard Kaur | Hindi | 1995–present | |
Harini | Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi | 1995–present | |
Harini Ravi | Tamil | 2009–present | |
Hema Sardesai | Hindi | 1989–present | |
Hemlata | Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Haryanvi, Rajasthani, Marwari, Brij Bhasha, Gujarati, Marathi, Sindhi, Oriya, Assamese, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Konkani, Dogri, Multani, Saraiki, Garhwali, Bundeli, Nepali, Arabi, Farsi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Prakrit, English, French, Mauritius, African, Italian, Zulu, Dutch,Hindi | 1968–present | |
Ila Arun | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu | 1993–present | |
Jaspinder Narula | Hindi, Punjabi | ||
Jency Anthony | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada | 1966–present | |
Jikki | Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada | 1964–2000 | |
Jonita Gandhi | Hindi | 2014–present | |
Jyotsna Radhakrishnan | Malayalam | 1998–present | |
Kanika Kapoor | Hindi, Punjabi | 2012–present | |
Kavita Subramaniam (Kavita Krishnamurthy) | Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Nepali, Gujarati, Bengali, English, Assamese, Bhojpuri | 1980–present | |
K. S. Chithra (referred to as Chitra) | Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Bengali, English, Russian, German, Arabic, Tulu, Sinhalese, Assamese, Punjabi, Nepali | 1979–present. | |
Lata Mangeshkar | Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati, Punjabi, Konkani, Urdu, Sanskrit, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, English, Nepali | 1941–current | |
L. R. Eswari | Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi | 1959–present | |
Madhushree | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali | 2001–present | |
Mahalaxmi Iyer | Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, English, Assamese, French, Marathi and other languages | 1997–present | |
Mahathi | Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada | 2003–present | |
Malgudi Subha | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi | 1988–present | |
Mamta Sharma | Hindi | 2010–present | |
Manjari | Malayalam, Tamil | 2004–present | |
Megha | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam | 2007–present | |
Minmini | Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi | 1988–present | |
Monali Thakur | Hindi, Tamil, Bengali | 2006–present | |
Mubarak Begum | Hindi, Urdu | 1955–1968 | |
Nanditha | Kannada, Odia, Tamil, Hindi | ||
Neha Kakkar | Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada | 2006–present | |
Neha Rajpal (Nehha Rajpal) née 'Chandna' . | Hindi, Marathi, Gujrati, Sindhi, Chattisgadi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, | 1995–present | |
Nihira Joshi | Hindi, Marathi | 2004–present | |
Nithyasree Mahadevan | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Sinhalese, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Marathi | 1997–present | |
Noor Jehan | Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi | 1930–1998 | |
P. Leela | Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Sinhalese | 1949–2000 | |
P. Madhuri | Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil | 1965–present | |
P. Susheela | Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Marathi, Sinhalese, Tulu, Sanskrit | 1951–present | |
Palak Muchhal | Hindi and other 16 Indian languages | 1997–present | |
Pop Shalini (Shalini Singh) | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi | 1995–present | |
Prashanthini | Tamil, Telugu | 2007–present | |
Priya Himesh | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada | 2007 – present | |
Priyadarshini | Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Sanskrit | 2003–present | |
Rajkumari | Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi | 1949–1977 | |
Ramakrishna V. | Telugu | 1960–1980 | |
Reena Bhardwaj | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi | 2003–present | |
Rekha Bhardwaj | Hindi | 1997–present | |
Richa Sharma | Hindi | 2000–present | |
Rimy Tomy | Malayalam, Telugu | 2000–present | |
Ruma Guha Thakurta | Bengali, Hindi | 1944–present | |
S. Janaki | Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Oriya, Tulu, Saurashtra, English, Japanese, Baduga, German, Simhala, Bengali, Sanskrit, others | 1957–present. | |
S. P. Sailaja | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam | 1968–2002 | |
Sadhana Sargam | Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujrathi, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Bhojpuri,Ahirani, Assamasse, Kumaowni, Sindhi, Marwadi, Dogri, Bodo, Kashmiri, Manipuri, Sandhali, English, Oriya, Tulu, Konkani, Gharwali, Maithili, Bengali, Punjabi, Oriya, Urdu, Nepali | 1982–present | |
Samantha Edwards | English, Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi, etc. | 1990–present | |
Sandhya Mukherjee | Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, etc. | 1931–present | |
Sanjivani (Sanjeevani Bhelande) |
Hindi, Marathi,Nepali,Gujarati, Telugu,Bengali,English | 1998–present | |
Santha P. Nair | Malayalam | 1951–1967 | |
Saindhavi | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada | 2001–present | |
Shamshad Begum | Hindi, Urdu, Panjabi | 1941–1968 | |
Sapna Mukherjee | Hindi | 1985–present | |
Shalmali Kholgade | Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali | 2012–present | |
Shamshad Begum | Hindi, Urdu, Panjabi | 1941–1968 | |
Sharda Rajan Iyengar | Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarathi | 1965–1986 | |
Shashaa Tirupati | Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu | 2010–present | |
Shazneen Arethna | Hindi | 2007–present | |
Shilpa Rao | Hindi, Tamil | 2003–present | |
Sharda Sinha | Hindi, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Angika | 1952–present | |
Shreya Ghoshal | Hindi, Angika, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Urdu, Oriya, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Assamese, Nepali, Gujarati, Konkani, French | 1998–present | |
Shruti Pathak | Hindi, Urdu | 2004–present | |
Shubha Mudgal | Hindi, Tamil | 1996–present | |
Shweta Mohan | Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada | 1999–present | |
Shweta Pandit | Hindi | 1999–present | |
Sithara | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada | 2007–present | |
Sona Mohapatra | Hindi, Odia | 2005–Present | |
Sonu Kakkar | Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, | 2002–present | |
Sowmya Raoh | Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi | 1993–present | |
Srilekha Parthasarathy | Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam | 2002–present | |
Sudha Malhotra | Hindi | 1954–1982 | |
Sujatha | Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada | 1977–present | |
Sulakshana Pandit | Hindi | 1967–1998 | |
Suman Kalyanpur | Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi, Urdu | 1954–1981 | |
Sunitha Sarathy | Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, English, Mandarin | 2002–present | |
Sunitha Upadrashta | Telugu | 1995–present | |
Sushma Shrestha | Hindi, Nepali, Marathi | 1971–present | |
Sunidhi Chauhan | Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya | 2000–present | |
Suraiya | Hindi, Urdu | about 1942–1965 | |
Suvi Suresh | Tamil, Hindi, Kannada | ||
Suzanne D'Mello | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi | 1994–present | |
Swarnalatha | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Badaga, Bengali, Oriya, Nepali, Marathi, Simhala and Others | 1987–2010 | |
Tanvi Shah | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi | 2004–present | |
Tulsi Kumar | Hindi | ||
Usha | Telugu | 1999–present | |
Usha Khanna | Hindi, Urdu, Oriya | 1960–present | |
Usha Mangeshkar | Marathi, Hindi, Assamese, Gujrati, Bengali, Nepali, Oriya | 1954–present | |
Usha Uthup | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Assamese, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, English, Russian, Czech, Nepali, Malay, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya | 1966–present | |
Vaishali Samant | Marathi, Hindi | 2000–present | |
Vandana Srinivasan | Tamil | 2012–present | |
Vani Jairam | Hindustani, Marathi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Hariyanvi, Oriya, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada | 1971–present | |
Vasundhara Das | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada | 1994–present |
Male Playback Singers
Name | Languages | Years active | Source |
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Akshaya Mohanty | Oriya, Bengali | 1957–2002 | |
Alphons Joseph | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi | 2002–present | |
Aman Trikha | Hindi, English, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya | 2012–present | |
Amit Kumar | Bollywood and regional film playback in Hindi, Bengali, Oriya | 1965–present | |
Amit Trivedi | Hindi | 2001–present | |
Anirudh Ravichander | Tamil,Hindi,Telugu | 2013–present | |
Anuj Gurwara | Telugu, Hindi | 2009–present | |
Anupam Roy | Bangla, Hindi | 2007–present | |
Anwar | Hindi, Urdu | 1979–present | |
Abhijeet Bhattacharya | Hindi,Bengali & 13 other languages | 1985–present | |
Abhijeet Sawant | Hindi | 2005–present | |
Arijit Singh | Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Assamesse, Kannada, Marathi | 2011–present | |
Ankit Tiwari | Hindi, Telugu, Oriya | 2010–present | |
Babul Supriyo | Hindi, Bengali | 1994–present | |
Badshah | Rapper | 2006–present | |
Bhimsen Joshi | Hindi, Kannada, Marathi Bhajans | 1941-2011 | |
Bhupen Hazarika | Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, English | 1942–2011 | |
Bhupinder | Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya | 1964–2000 | |
Blaaze | English, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam | 2002–present | |
Biju Narayanan | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu | 1993–present | |
Bohemia (musician) | Punjabi, Hindi | 2001- present | |
Chetan Sosca | Kannada, Telugu, Tamil | 2001–present | |
Clinton Cerejo | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu | 1999–present | |
Devan Ekambaram | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada | 1999–present | |
Daler Mehndi | Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil | 1995–present | |
Dhanush | Tamil | 2011–present | |
Diwakar | Tamil | 2014–present | |
G. M. Durrani | Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and Pashto | 1935–1977 | |
G. Venugopal | Malayalam, Tamil | 1986–present | |
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi | 1942–1974. singer of Telugu cinema | |
Gurdas Maan | Punjabi, Hindi | 1983–present | |
Hariharan | Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi | 1977–present | |
Hemant Kumar | Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Oriya | 1937–1989 | |
Himesh Reshammiya | Hindi, Punjabi, Gujrati, English, Tamil | 2000–present | |
Jagjit Singh | Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi | 1965–2011 | |
Jassie Gift | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu | ||
Javed Ali | Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Oriya, Kannada, Bengali, Malayalam, Pakistani, Tamil | 2000–present | |
Jayachandran | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi | 1964–present | |
Jubin Nautiyal | Hindi | ||
Kailash Kher | Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu | 2003–present | |
Kamal Haasan | Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, English | 1983–present | |
Karthik | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi | 1999–present | |
Kishore Kumar | Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese and other languages | 1946–1987 | |
KK | Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, English | 1996–present | |
K. J. Yesudas | Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tulu, English, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Malay, Sanskrit, Latin | 1960–present | |
Kozhikode Abdul Kader | Malayalam | 1951–1973 | |
Krishna Beura | Hindi, Oriya[1] | since 2004 | |
Krishna Iyer | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam | 2009–present | |
Kundan Lal Saigal | Hindi, Urdu, Bengali | 1932–1947 | |
Kumar Sanu | Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Angika, Assamese, Punjabi, Oriya, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Urdu, pali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, English, Spanish & Etc. | 1984–present | |
Kunal Ganjawala | Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali | 2002–present | |
Lucky Ali | Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Urdu | 1999–present | |
M. G. Sreekumar | Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu | 1984–present | |
Madhu Balakrishnan | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu | 1999–present | |
Mahendra Kapoor | Hindi, Panjabi, Oriya, Urdu | 1956–2008 | |
Malaysia Vasudevan | Tamil, Telugu | 1960–2011 | |
Manikka Vinayagam | Tamil, Telugu | 2001–present | |
Manna Dey | Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Oriya, Urdu, Marathi | 1942–2013 | |
Mano | Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada | 1987–present | |
Master Saleem | Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Kannada | 1990–present | |
Mika Singh | Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu | 1998–present | |
Mohammed Rafi | Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujrati, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Telugu, Sindhi, Assamese, Kannada, Tamil | 1944–1980 | |
Mohammed Aziz | Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Oriya | 1985–present | |
Mukesh | Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese | 1940–1976 | |
Mynampati Sreeram Chandra | Telugu | 2005–present | |
Mohit Chauhan | Hindi, English, Pahadi, Bengali, Tamil | 2002–present | |
Naresh Iyer | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada | 2005–present | |
Nitin Mukesh | Hindi, Urdu, Bengali | 1970–2004 | |
Navin Prabhakar | Hindi | ||
P. B. Sreenivas | Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, English | 1950–2013 | |
Pankaj Mullick | Hindi, Urdu, Bengali | ||
Pankaj Udhas | Hindi, Urdu | 1980–present | |
Papon | Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil | 2004–present | |
Pradip Somasundaran | Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu | 1993–present | |
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | Hindi | 2004– | |
Rahul Vaidya | Hindi | 2005– | |
Rajesh Krishnan | Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and in about 15 languages | ||
Rajkumar | Kannada | 1965–200 | |
Remo Fernandes | Konkani, Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu | ||
Roop Kumar Rathod | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali | 1992–present | |
Rupam Islam | Bengali, Hindi | 2007–present | |
Silambarasan | Tamil, Telugu | 2002–present | |
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tulu, Gondi | 1966–present | |
S. P. B. Charan | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi | 1998–present | |
Saandip | Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil | 2000–present | |
Sandeep Khurana | English, Hindi | 2000–present | |
Shaan | Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Oriya, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam | 1989–present | |
Shabab Sabri | Hindi | 1997–present | |
Shabbir Kumar | Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Assami, Rajasthani | 1980–present | |
Shahid Mallya | Hindi, Punjabi | 2010–present | |
Shailender Singh | Hindi, Urdu | 1975–1997 | |
Shankar Mahadevan | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi | 1998–present | |
Sudesh Bhosle | Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali, Oriya | 1988–present | |
Suraj Jagan | Hindi, Telugu | 2007–present | |
Soham Chakraborty (singer) | Hindi, Bengali | 2002–present | |
Sonu Nigam | Hindi, Kannada, Nepali, Punjabi, Telugu, Urdu, Oriya, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam,Bengali | 1990–present | |
Sriram Parthasarathy | Tamil, Telugu | 2001–present | |
Sukhwinder Singh | Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi | 1986–present | |
Sundar Narayana Rao | Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, | 2013–present | |
Suresh Wadkar | Hindi, Marathi, Oriya, Bengali, Urdu | 1978–present | |
Talat Mahmood | Hindi, Urdu, Bengali | 1945–1997 | |
Tochi Raina | Hindi | 2008–present | |
Thomson Andrews | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Tulu, Malayalam | 2012–present | |
T. M. Soundararajan | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi | 1946–2013 | |
Udit Narayan | Hindi, Kannada, Nepali, Angika, Telugu, Tamil, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Urdu, Oriya, Malayalam | 1980–present | |
Unni Menon | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada | 1981–present | |
Unnikrishnan | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada | 1995–present | |
Vijay Yesudas | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi | 2000–present | |
Joseph Vijay | Tamil | 1994–present | |
Vijay Prakash | Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil | 2004–present | |
Vineeth Sreenivasan | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada | 2002–present | |
Yo Yo Honey Singh | Hindi,Punjabi,English | 2009–present | |
Zubeen Garg | Assamese, Hindi, English, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Oriya, Nepali, Marathi, Manipuri, Urdu and other tribal languages like Bodo, Mishing, Karbi, Tiwa, Deuri, Rabha | 1991–present |
See also
References
- ↑ Muduli, Shovna Muduli (29 March 2009). "Orissa Boy Rocks Mumbai Music Industry". Times News Network (via The Times of India). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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