Priya Hemesh (also credited as Priya Himesh) is an Indian

playback singer A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the ...

. She sings predominantly in

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

, Telugu,

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

, and Odia movies. She has sung more than 200 songs, working with many leading music directors like Illayaraja, Harris Jeyaraj, Imman, Vijay Antony, Devi Sri Prasad, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Mani Sharma, Karthik Raja, Bharadhwaj, Dhina, and numerous others. Priya started singing in light music orchestras in 1989 and performed in more than 5,000 stage shows with many leading orchestras in India and overseas. Priya is the recipient of the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu for her Telugu song "Ringa Ringa" in the film '' Aarya 2''.

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Living people Indian women playback singers Singers from Chennai Tamil playback singers Telugu playback singers Kannada playback singers 1982 births 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers Women musicians from Tamil Nadu {{Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu