Balamuralikrishna - The Best Carnatic singer: Hindolam/Malkauns 

+Sitaramsiri S Sir, I think, Dr Balamuralikrishna Is the only Thri Loga Ratna! The govt of India nor any other is empowered to confer such an award. Only Divinity Can

he is much more than bharath ratna....universal ratna

It is unfortunate that Dr BMK, the legendary was not given BHARATA RATNA, when he was alive. Let the Modi government extend it at least posthumously .

Do you know the first ever vocalist to be awarded bharath rathna was a south Indian?

Bharath Ratna is a political award hence it would be disgrace to him if awarded

Yesudasji can sing in any octave. He can manage both classical and film music, which is not easy

I sincerely believe that comparisons of this type really does disservice to all the three giants mentioned here. Each of these artistes have provided unlimited happiness to millions of people. They have in many many cases brought sincere tears to the eyes of many of their rasikAs by bringing the darshan of the good Lord himself. their music opens us to our own goodness and kindness if we listen with an open mind. Trying to rank them is like telling that a rose smells better than jasmine. What stops anyone from enjoying all of them? This is a sad commentary on the "number one" culture.

Not ranked them, my experience and knowledge widened hearing each one of them.

That is a fair and an insightful point indeed. I want to thank you because your reply brought back a rush of memories. It was Sri Yesudas opened my eyes, ears and mind to carnAtik music when I listened to his "thiruppArkadalil pallikondayE sriman nArAyaNA' from the 1975 movie Swamy Ayyappan. I did not realize that it was in the rAga bhairavi. I used to like this song so much that I would sing the first line of the pallavi whenever I was playing carrom to psyche myself to put the "follow" after the red! Eventually, I started listening to Sri BMK (not surprisingly, nagumOmu!). Then, one day, I was lying down alone in my home in the early evening because I was having a light fever. I saw a carnAtic program featuring Sri Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan on the TV. I was so smitten by his music that I felt a desire to want to learn carnAtic music so I could put at a little bit of kalpana swara. I continue to learn carnAtic music to this day, and I cannot thank these doyens enough for opening my life to the wonderous world of nAdha! Again, thank you for making me recall truly pleasant memories from the past.

E'NDARO MAHAANUBHAAVULU. ANDARIKEE, VANDANAMULU .

yeah thats the fate of being south indian in india

Absolutely correct Sir. His is the combined soul of those three masters.

Chandra Sekhar Eo ट . Iqbalbsnu

Adbutam sir

Great voice

yadous

Listen to his Ksheera Sagara where he touches the ati-tara SA at Taraka Nama. After that, contemplate for some time on your utter ignorance. But, if you were ever capable of such contemplation, you wouldn't have made this comment.

This idiot is fishing for responses. Better ignored

His music is for human beings. He redifined Carnatic classical music

Expecting flawless reach to perfect 3rd octave from an octogenarian vocalist is utter stupidity on your part Mr Vasudeva Kolar. He sang 20000+ concerts by that time and you listen to his music of 1960-80 and you'll only laugh at your ignorance after that.