A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer doesn't appear on screen. It is an usual feature when a non-singing actor or actress plays a singing role in a musical movie. South Asian movies produced in the Indian subcontinent are particularly known for using this technique.

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  • A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer doesn't appear on screen. It is an usual feature when a non-singing actor or actress plays a singing role in a musical movie. South Asian movies produced in the Indian subcontinent are particularly known for using this technique. A majority of Indian movies (particularly Bollywood and other regional films) as well as Pakistani movies, typically include six or seven songs. Popular playback singers in India enjoy the same status as popular actors, and music directors, such as Rahul Dev Burman (1939-1994) and A. R. Rahman, also receive wide public admiration. Most of the playback singers are initially trained in classical music, though they later often expand their range. The sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, who have mainly worked in Hindi films, are often referred to as two of the best-known and most prolific playback singers in India. Mangeshkar was cited by the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung the most number of song recordings by any singer in the world. According to the 1999 book entry, the record by a male singer was held by S. P. Balasubramanyam. Other popular singers include but are not limited to: Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, Manna Dey, K. J. Yesudas, Kishore Kumar, Geeta Dutt, Anuradha Paudwal, K. S. Chitra, P. Susheela, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal and Sunidhi Chauhan. Songs in Bollywood movies - the combined products of the talents of lyricists, music directors/composers, and singers - often determine the extent of success of individual Indian movies; as such, playback singers are an important part of the Indian film industry. Soundtrack albums of songs in movies are usually released before the movies. Playback singing is not as common in Hollywood given the fact that musicals are not as frequent. It was, however, more widely used back in time. Notable Hollywood performances include Bill Lee voicing the Christopher Plummer character in The Sound of Music, and Betty Noyes singing for Debbie Reynolds in Singing In The Rain, a movie in which playback singing is a major plot point.
  • プレイバックシンガー（英: Playback singer）とは映画で使われる歌を事前にレコーディングする歌手である。俳優、女優は映画撮影の際に、プレイバックシンガーの歌うサウンドトラックに合わせて口パクで演じる。主にインドで発達した手法である。 ハリウッドや他の映画業界でも口パクが行われることはあるが、俳優のための吹き替え歌手が注目を浴び有名になるのはインド特有の現象である。 プレイバックシンガーはインドやネパールの映画において非常に重要な位置を占める。なぜなら、ボリウッド（ヒンディー語映画）やコリウッド（タミル語映画）で商業的成功を収めた作品の大部分がミュージカル形式だからである。インドのプレイバックシンガーは、通常の歌手と同じようにスター扱いを受けている。 使用される歌や音楽、音楽ディレクターや作曲家、作詞家、歌手の質が、その映画の興業収入を左右することが多い。インドでは映画が公開される前に、たいていサウンドトラック・アルバム（CD、LD、テープ）が先行して発売される。そのため、そのようなサウンドトラックのなかには、作品中では使用されなかった歌も多数収録されているケースもある。 プレイバックシンガーはヒンディー語で歌う者が最も多いが、多言語国家であるインドを反映し、その大多数が2言語以上で歌う。また、顔を出さないため本人の容姿の衰えが人気を左右しない事もあり、30~40年、時には60年近い期間にわたるキャリアの長さも、このプレイバックシンガーの特徴である。
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  • A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer doesn't appear on screen. It is an usual feature when a non-singing actor or actress plays a singing role in a musical movie. South Asian movies produced in the Indian subcontinent are particularly known for using this technique.
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  • Playback singer
  • プレイバックシンガー
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