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{{short description|Indian playback singer from Tamil Nadu|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{distinguish|text=Bollywood singer [[Anupama Deshpande]]}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2023}}{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Annupamaa
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_name = Annupamaa Krishnaswami
| birth_date = 2 September 1968 [http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/anupama/biography.html]
| alias =
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
| origin =
| genre =
| occupation = Playback singer, actor, voice actor <br>[[Music composer]]
| instrument = piano, guitar, ukulele
| years_active = 1991–present
}}

'''Annupamaa''' is an Indian playback singer from [[Tamil Nadu]]. She is known especially for the song "[[Chandralekha (song)|Chandralekha]]" (Konjam Nilavu) from ''[[Thiruda Thiruda]]''. She is also trained in Carnatic music and a 6th grade solo pianist from Trinity College London.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/in-her-own-style/article7822984.ece|title=In her own style|last=Saravanan|first=T.|date=2015-10-30|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-01-19|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Annupamaa Krishnaswami was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on 2 September 1968. She got training in [[Carnatic music]] from the age of four and she began singing in school competitions from the age of eight. She had her school education from St. Anthony's Senior Secondary School, New Delhi and took her [[BA Degree]] in English from Kamala Nehru College, New Delhi in 1989. She dropped out of the Mass Communication Course from the [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication]] in New Delhi following her passion to become a singer.

Annupamaa is married to J. Murali Krishnan, Executive Vice-president and National Creative Director of Optima Response and they live in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.chennaionline.com/chennaicitizen/1999/singer.asp |title='CHANDRALEKHA Anupama |access-date=7 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005091024/http://archives.chennaionline.com/chennaicitizen/1999/singer.asp |archive-date=5 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Annupamaa used to take part in college competitions during her days as a student of Mass Communications. As a copy trainee in an ad agency, she had a chance to participate in an ''Ad Utsav''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/02/12/stories/2002021200840200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041201114515/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/02/12/stories/2002021200840200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 December 2004 |title=Singer with style |date=12 February 2002 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=14 January 2012}}</ref>

==Notable songs==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Song !! Album !! Composer
|-
| ''Akhila Akhila''
| [[Nerukku Ner]]
| [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
|-
| ''Anbal Unnai''
| [[3 Roses]]
| [[Karthik Raja]]
|-
| ''Antha Vennila''
| [[Sandhippoma]]
| [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
|-
| ''Break the Rules''
| [[Boys (2003 film)|Boys]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
|Kya Scene Hai
|[[Sisindri]]
|[[Raj–Koti|Raj]]
|-
| ''[[Chandralekha (song)|Chandralekha]]''
| [[Thiruda Thiruda]] / [[Chor Chor]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Chinna Ponnu''
| Kashmir
| [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
|-
| ''Dil Se Re''
| [[Dil Se..]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Dus (female)''
| [[Dus (1997 film)|Dus]] (Unreleased)
| [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]]
|-
| ''Gulmohar Malare''
| [[Majunu]]
| [[Harris Jeyaraj]]
|-
| ''Hay Hay Ye Mazboori''
| Haz Aur Shahadat (album)
| Khurshid Alam Qawwal
|-
| ''Hello Doctor''
| [[Kadhal Desam]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Hosima''
| [[Chocolate (2001 film)|Chocolate]]
| [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
|-
| ''Ichankaatule Muyal Onnu''
| [[V. I. P. (1997 film)|V.I.P]]
| [[Ranjit Barot]]
|-
| ''Ied Ka Din''
| Haz Aur Shahadat (album)
| Khurshid Alam Qawwal
|-
| ''If you wanna''
| [[New (film)|New]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Indiran Alle''
| [[V. I. P. (1997 film)|V.I.P]]
| Ranjit Barot
|-
| ''I Wanna Be Free''
| [[Tehzeeb (2003 film)|Tehzeeb]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Iyaiyo Kanava''
| [[Rangeela (1995 film)|Rangeela]] (Tamil Dubbed version)
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Jaan Tum Ho Meri''
| [[Vishwavidhaata]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''July Maddham Vanthal''
| [[Pudhiya Mugam]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Kaatrodu Puyalai''
| [[Rishi (2001 film)|Rishi]]
| [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
|-
| ''Kama Kama''
| [[Enakku 20 Unakku 18]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Kadhal Niagra''
| [[En Swasa Kaatre]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Kora Kagaaj''
| Shraddhanjali (album)
| [[R.D. Burman]] (Original) [[Zubeen Garg]] (Cover)
|-
| ''Kumuru Kumuru''
| [[Aanai]]
| [[D. Imman]]
|-
| ''Love Love''
| [[Ulavuthurai]]
| Shah
|-
| ''Maara Maara''
| [[Kadhal Azhivathillai]]
| [[Vijaya T. Rajendar]]
|-
| ''Mama Varalama''
| Sagiye
| Pradeep Ravi
|-
| ''Mercury Pookkal''
| [[Ratchagan]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Mogama Thakama''
| Kama
|
|-
| ''Nazrein Milaana Nazrein Churaana''
| [[Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Pappu Can't Dance''
| [[Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Pooveukenna Pootu''
| [[Bombay (1995 film)|Bombay]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Rahathulla''
| [[Ghajini (2005 film)|Ghajini]]
| [[Harris Jeyaraj]]
|-
| ''Salaam''
| Haz Aur Shahadat (album)
| Khurshid Alam Qawwal
|-
| ''Sandhipoma''
| [[Enakku 20 Unakku 18]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Sandhosha Kanneere''
| [[Uyire]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Sundara En Sundara''
| [[Super Police]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Signore Signore''
| [[Kannathil Muthamittal]]
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''Teri Jawani Mast Mast''
| [[Tathastu]]
| [[Vishal–Shekhar]]
|-
| ''Thilothamma''
| [[Kadhal Mannan]]
| [[Bharadwaj (composer)|Bharadwaj]]
|-
| ''Thithikkara Vayasu''
| [[Thimiru]]
| [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
|-
| ''Thudikindra Kadhal''
| [[Nerukku Ner]]
| [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
|-
| ''USA USA''
| [[Achchamundu! Achchamundu!]]
| [[Karthik Raja]]
|-
| ''Yaa Rasool Khuda''
| Haz Aur Shahadat (album)
| Khurshid Alam Qawwal
|-
| ''Yeh Raat''
| [[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]
| [[Anu Malik]]
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1967 births]]
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[[Category:Singers from Chennai]]
[[Category:Indian women playback singers]]
[[Category:Kannada-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Tamil-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Hindi-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Hindi-language singers]]
[[Category:Telugu-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Women musicians from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women singers]]

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