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Carnatic Playlist

The essential Carnatic playlist — ranked by global popularity, straight from the South Asia crate. Copy the list, tap 🔀 for a fresh mix, add the whole set to Apple Music in one tap, or build your own with the free Setlist Machine.

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Carnatic — Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.

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  1. Samajavaragamana — Sikkil Gurucharan
  2. Bho Shambo — Sudha Ragunathan
  3. Ninnu Kori - Mohanam - Adi (Live) — Guruvayur Durai
  4. Marugelara — M.L.Vasanthakumari
  5. Subrahmanyena - Suddha Dhanyasi - Adi — Bombay Jayashree
  6. Endraro Mahanubhavulu - Sri - Addi — Maharajapuram Santhanam
  7. Shrimannarayana — M. S. Subbulakshmi
  8. Bhaja Govindam — M. S. Subbulakshmi
  9. Sreelavasantham — K. J. Yesudas
  10. Seetha Kalyaana — Tyaagaraaja
  11. Kurai Onrum Illai — M. S. Subbulakshmi
  12. Varnam — Jayanthi Kumaresh
  13. Raga Hamsanadam — M.S. Subbulakshmi
  14. Krishnanee Begane - Ragam: Yaman / Talam: Mishra Chapu (Purandaradasa) — Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
  15. Vathapi Ganapathim — Sowmya
  16. Thillana — Jyotsna Srikanth
  17. Kuzhaloodhi Manamellam — Maharajapuram Santhanam
  18. Yochana - Sudha Ragunathan — Sudha Ragunathan
  19. Jagadanandakaraka: Nattaj - Aadi — Dr M Balamuralikrishna
  20. Sree Mahaganapathim - Atana - Adi — Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
  21. Kurai Onrum Illai - Sudha Ragunathan — Sudha Ragunathan
  22. Maha Ganapatim - Nata — T.N. Krishnan
  23. Bhavayami Gopalabalam - Yamuna Kalyani - Khanda Chapu — M. S. Subbulakshmi
  24. Shobillu Sapthaswara - Jaganmohini - Roopakam — Sanjay Subrahmanyan
  25. Bantureethi Koluvu — Saindhavi
  26. Brochevarevarura - Ragam Khamas - Talam Adi — Maharajapuram Santhanam
  27. Maha Ganapathim — Dr. T.N. Krishnan
  28. Raga Karnaranjani — Ganesh & Kumaresh
  29. Shobhillu Sapthaswara - Jaganmohini - Rupakam — Emani Sankara Sastri
  30. Maha Ganapathim — Karthik
  31. Tillana - Behag — M. Balamurali Krishna
  32. Ksheera Sagara Shayana — Keerthana Vaidyanathan
  33. Thaye Yashoda — Mani Sharma & Amit Heri w. Sudha Raghunathan, Ranjani Ramakrishnan
  34. Krishna Nee Begane — Vijay Prakash
  35. Mathey — Mani Sharma & Amit Heri w. Sudha Raghunathan, Kalyani Menon
  36. Jagadhodhaarana - Sudha Ragunathan — Sudha Ragunathan
  37. Vilayada Idu Nerama — Maharajapuram Santhanam
  38. Vatapi Ganapathim — Karthick Iyer
  39. Vathapi Ganapathim — S.P.BALASUBRAMANIUM
  40. Gopangane — K. J. Yesudas
  41. Krishna Nee Begane — Karthick Iyer
  42. Nagumomu — Karthik
  43. Raghuvamsa Sudha — Saindhavi
  44. Tillana - Kamas - Adi — Malladi Brothers
  45. Bhagyada Lakshmi Baaramma — Priya Sisters
  46. Nalinakanthi — S. Mahathi
  47. Nagumomu - Abheri - Adi — Sudha Raghunathan
  48. Raghuvamsa Sudha - Kadana Kuthoohalam - Adi — M.S. Subbulakshmi
  49. Sri Mahaganapathe - Gowla - Misra Chapu — Bombay Jayashree
  50. Deva Kanyake — K. J. Yesudas
  51. Dhwani Tharanga Tharalam — K. J. Yesudas
  52. Akhilandeswari-Ms Subbulakshmi & Radha Viswanathan — M.S. Subbulakshmi
  53. Raga Varali — M.S. Subbulakshmi
  54. Thaye Yasodha — Sowmya
  55. Maha Ganapathim — Sowmya
  56. Vinayaka Ninnu Vina — Sowmya
  57. Okapari Kokkapari — Saindhavi
  58. Dudukugala Nanne: Gowla - Aadi — Dr M Balamuralikrishna
  59. Kanakanaruchira: Varali - Aadi — Dr M Balamuralikrishna
  60. Manasa Sancharare (From "Five Strings And A Few Circuits") — Karthick Iyer
  61. Raghuvamsa Sudha — Sikkil Gurucharan
  62. Tandanana - Brahmam Okate — Vijay Prakash
  63. Manavyaalakincha - Nalinakanthi - Adi — Bombay Jayashree
  64. Sadhinchane: Aarabhi - Aadi — Dr M Balamuralikrishna
  65. Narayana Ninna Namada — Saindhavi
  66. Brochevaarevarura — Karthik
  67. Bho Shambho — Sikkil Gurucharan
  68. Annapoorne — Sudha Raghunathan
  69. Nagumomu — Sudha Raghunathan
  70. Marukelara - Jayanthasri - Adi — Sudha Raghunathan
  71. The Mountain (feat. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash) — Gorillaz
  72. Aad Guray Nameh (Protection) — Snatam Kaur
  73. Bandhan — Lal Meri
  74. Kartikeya Mantra — Ananda & Davor Vdovic
  75. Subah — Falguni
  76. MoFunk — Advaita
  77. Viens Mallika... — Blandade Artister
  78. ABoneCroneDrone 3 — Sheila Chandra
  79. Swagatham Krishna - Mohanam - Adi — Madhu Iyer
  80. Thillana (feat. Chintan Trivedi) — shruti Iyer
  81. Mahaganapathim — Vigneshwar Kalyanaraman
  82. Vilaiyada Idu Nerama (feat. Chintan Trivedi) — shruti Iyer
  83. Ela Nee Daya — Thyagaraja
  84. Bantureethi Kolu — Thyagaraja
  85. Jo Jo Rama — S. Sowmya
  86. Nagumo — Neyyatinkara Vasudevan
  87. Sumuhurthamaai — Raveendran
  88. Aanandhanadanam — Raveendran
  89. Premodhaaranaai — Raveendran
  90. Sandhatham — Manju
  91. Broohi Krishna — Sanjay Salil Choudhury
  92. Hamsadhwani Rasa — Mohan Sithara
  93. Madhumayi — Raveendran
  94. Sarada Padeda — Sharreth
  95. Odakuzhal Vili — Sujatha Mohan
  96. Devikenoopuram — K. S. Chithra
  97. Aadhya Vasanthame — K. S. Chithra
  98. Navaamukunda Hare — Kaithapram
  99. Sankramam Udaya Sankramam — M.G. Radhakrishnan
  100. Nanmayaakunna — Debojyoti Mishra

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