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At age 10, her mother brought her to Bombay as a child singer. She was advised to wait till her voice matured but her mother remained determined and on a subsequent visit, Alka got a letter of introduction to Raj Kapoor from his Kolkata distributor. Raj heard the girl and sent her with a letter to noted music director Laxmikant. Impressed, Laxmikant gave her two alternatives - an immediate start as a dubbing artist, or a later break as a singer; they settled for the latter.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Alka+Yagnik","playStationPath":"/stations/274007736/play","stationId":274007736,"bioPath":"/music/Alka+Yagnik/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Vishal+Shekhar","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/49c/49c1362fd601161797224f4c93b2ad01_md.jpg","artistName":"Vishal-Shekhar","artistId":92506,"station_id":274049173},{"musicPath":"/music/Armaan+Malik","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dc5/dc52cb471407310b764ef7224fde7cc4_md.jpg","artistName":"Armaan Malik","artistId":437486,"station_id":400828275},{"musicPath":"/music/Tony+Kakkar","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2b0/2b010dae34695d85cbe471f412033236_md.jpg","artistName":"Tony Kakkar","artistId":446246,"station_id":401043668},{"musicPath":"/music/Kavita+Krishnamurthy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/63d/63dbdbb6064ef6e4aa2cbf460c8390a9_md.jpg","artistName":"Kavita Krishnamurthy","artistId":92435,"station_id":274007847},{"musicPath":"/music/KK","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a8e/a8eb4a6798087db245dbdaab135a23cc_md.jpg","artistName":"KK","artistId":115736,"station_id":282789534},{"musicPath":"/music/Lucky+Ali","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2dd/2ddd196b6ecedbc700438419ab6c118e_md.jpg","artistName":"Lucky Ali","artistId":138730,"station_id":287828809},{"musicPath":"/music/Rashid+Ali","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d8d/d8d8a7568a9359cfe1d993d705b9764a_md.jpg","artistName":"Rashid Ali","artistId":92482,"station_id":274049140},{"musicPath":"/music/Manna+Dey","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/913/913fcfdf610550b2262cb8587d8e52cf_md.jpg","artistName":"Manna Dey","artistId":92440,"station_id":274007912},{"musicPath":"/music/Yo+Yo+Honey+Singh","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bea/bea54093324ec98085dc4d6df640975c_md.jpg","artistName":"Yo Yo Honey Singh","artistId":446257,"station_id":401043817},{"musicPath":"/music/Shankar+Ehsaan+Loy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/647/6473f5b945b6bb0f4164d950b17eb9e5_md.jpg","artistName":"Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy","artistId":92491,"station_id":274049152},{"musicPath":"/music/Daler+Mehndi","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a60/a606bed59ab8a4f486562940006e2bab_md.jpg","artistName":"Daler Mehndi","artistId":129007,"station_id":284993977},{"musicPath":"/music/Karthik","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d6c/d6c92bed1fbf217b844d410c8e008192_md.jpg","artistName":"Karthik","artistId":445754,"station_id":401043669},{"musicPath":"/music/Rahat+Fateh+Ali+Khan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2ec/2ec1ac439cceafad20c90e1e47d447ac_md.jpg","artistName":"Rahat Fateh Ali Khan","artistId":88773,"station_id":271126614},{"musicPath":"/music/Sachin+Jigar","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/eb3/eb37c3a01537a48d4ece4ebd8872ee75_md.jpg","artistName":"Sachin-Jigar","artistId":446222,"station_id":401044935},{"musicPath":"/music/Neha+Kakkar","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c51/c5154cbd87b5a0fec208bc0f405637cb_md.jpg","artistName":"Neha Kakkar","artistId":446194,"station_id":401044506},{"musicPath":"/music/Mohammed+Rafi","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/706/70676f4887d3737f291479e759dea400_md.jpg","artistName":"Mohammed Rafi","artistId":7653,"station_id":113278580},{"musicPath":"/music/Udit+Narayan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/abc/abca9a247269eff5fdc73376cd5b0639_md.jpg","artistName":"Udit Narayan","artistId":92501,"station_id":274049168},{"musicPath":"/music/Mukesh","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/245/245c9c1e549484be6ebcd8641ce0b0d7_md.jpg","artistName":"Mukesh","artistId":92462,"station_id":274049115}]}