SP Balasubramaniam is one of the most renowned Indian singers. Born on June 4, 1946 in a place named Konetammapeta, Andhra Pradesh, SP belonged to a family of artists. His father was a famous exponent of Harikatha and his sister SP Sailaja has earned many accolades in south film industry. He found interest in music at a very early age and without going through any formal training learned flute and harmonium on his own. He also did B.Tech from JNTU College of Engineering. A veteran singer, SP Balasubramaniam is in film industry since 30 years. He is also knonw as SPB.

One of the most versatile singers of his generation, SPB has a unique style of singing and his voice range is subject to huge appreciation. He has sung songs in no less than five languages and number of songs goes in thousands. He is perhaps the most popular singer in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu music industry. A truly versatile artist, he has also dabbled successfully in music composing, acting and dubbing.

SP Balasubramanyam has also worked as an actor in quite a few regional movies. He has worked in Telugu and Tamil movies. Very few people are aware of his talent as a dubbing artist. He has dubbed for actors like Kamal Hassan, Mohan, Raghuvaran, Salman Khan, Bhagyaraj, Girish Karnad, Karthik, Gemini Ganesh, Nagesh, and Vinodkumar. SP Balasubramanyam has won numerous awards. He has been a recipient of National Award for no less than six times. He won this prestigious award for songs like Om Kaara Nadhaanu, Umandu Ghumandu Ghana Gar Je Badara, Tere Mere Beech Mein and Cheppaalani Undi etc. Apart from several state Government awards, Film fare awards and numerous Felicitation has been accorded to his huge talent.