Ghoshal was born to a Bengali Hindu family in Durgapur, West Bengal. Her ancestors came from the region of Dhaka district, Bangladesh. She grew up in Rawatbhata, a small town nearKota, Rajasthan
From the age of four, Ghoshal accompanied her mother on the harmonium. She got training inHindustani classical music in Kota with Maheshchandra Sharma
As a child, she trained in Hindustani Classical Music under Maheshchandra Sharma. She appeared on Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma in a children’s segment which was hosted by singer Sonu Nigam. She won the competition. One of the judges Kalyanji convinced her parents to move to Mumbai and Ghoshal trained with him for nearly two years after which she received training under Mukta Bhide.
She studied at Atomic Energy Central Schools (AECS) at Rawatbhata and Anushaktinagar (Mumbai). After graduation she enrolled at SIESCollegeI She trained with Kalyanji for 18 months and continued her classical music training with Mukta Bhide in Mumbai.
Shreya Ghoshal won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2002 and 2006, for Bhairi Piya from Devdas and Dheere Jalna from Paheli respectively
, Ghoshal was awarded the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent. She has also won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award four times for Devdas, Jism, Guru and Singh is Kinng, as well as for the Tamil movie Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. She has also been a judge for Star Voice Of India-Chhote Ustaad with singer Kunal Ganjawala and composer Pritam. Currently, Ghoshal is one of the three judges in X Factor (India) with Sonu Nigam and Sanjay Leela Bhansali2003: Ghoshal made an on-screen appearance in the Saaya film song "Har Taraf"2011: First advertisement for jewellery store Joyalukkas in 5 languages (Hindi,Kannada,Malayalam,Tamil,Telugu
Today Ghoshal is an established industry singer and has recorded in various regional languages including Hindi Kannada Tamil Telugu Malayalam Bengali Meitei Marathi and Bhojpuri. She also appeared as a judge in the singing show Amul Star Voice Of India Chhote Ustaad. She also sang the title songs of many Indian Television serials.
She enjoys Symphony and instrumental in western music and her favourite group is ABBA. But Indian music is definitely her soul. Her voice has a texture that suits romantic songs and she can project voice very well (Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai from Jism). She is also comfortable singing sad songs or peppy songs. Apart from Devdas she has done songs for Jism Saaya Inteha Out of Control Khakee Munnabhai MBBS Dhoom Kuchh Kaha Aapne Armaan Desh Devi Tujhe Meri Kasam LOC Kargil Aetbaar Police Force Lage Raho Munnabhai Guru Big B etc. She is the only playback singer to have been nominated in 4 out of the 5 nominations for the best playback singer for her songs in 2007 in IIFA 2008. She won the best female playback singer Filmfare award 2009 and IIFA 2009 for her performance in Pritam's song "Teri Ore" from Singh is Kinng.
Shreya Ghoshal says she hates the practice of categorising crooners as "playback singers" in the Indian film industry.
"I'll tell you that one sad part of our industry is that everything is behind the screen. Singers are called playback, which is very derogatory according to me," Shreya told IANS.
The young and talented crooner, who has even won a national award, regrets that it takes a long time for the audience to know the real person behind the voices they love.
"When we go to perform anywhere, people come to see us and feel the personality. But the process of knowing how we look, how we talk, how we behave etc is very slow," she added.
Shreya is currently seen as a judge on Sony Entertainment Television's music reality show "X-Factor" along with Sonu Niigaam and Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Awards:
Winner: Screen Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2011)
Song: Bahara ... Movie: I Hate Luv Storys
Winner: Apsara Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2010)
Song: Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai - 1 ... Movie: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Winner: Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2009)
Song: Teri Ore ... Movie: Singh Is Kinng
Winner: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2009)
Song: Teri Ore ... Movie: Singh Is Kinng
Winner: Apsara Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2009)
Song: Teri Ore ... Movie: Singh Is Kinng
Winner: Screen Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2008)
Song: Barso Re ... Movie: Guru
Winner: Apsara Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2008)
Song: Barso Re ... Movie: Guru
Winner: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2008)
Song: Barso Re ... Movie: Guru
Winner: Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2007)
Song: Barso Re ... Movie: Guru
Winner: Screen Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2006)
Movie: Parineeta
Winner: Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2005)
Movie: Parineeta
Winner: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2004)
Movie: Jism
Winner: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2004)
Movie: Jism
Winner: Screen Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2004)
Movie: Jism
Winner: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2003)
Movie: Devdas
Nominated: Screen Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2011)
Song: Noor E Khuda ... Movie: My Name Is Khan
Nominated: Apsara Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2011)
Song: Bahara ... Movie: I Hate Luv Storys
Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2011)
Song: Bahara ... Movie: I Hate Luv Storys
Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2011)
Song: Noor E Khuda ... Movie: My Name Is Khan
Nominated: The Global Indian Film And Television Honors for Best Playback Singer - Female (2011)
Song: Bahara ... Movie: I Hate Luv Storys
Nominated: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2011)
Song: Bahara ... Movie: I Hate Luv Storys
Nominated: Screen Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2010)
Song: Zoobi Doobi ... Movie: 3 Idiots
Nominated: Apsara Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2010)
Song: Aaj Dil ... Movie: Blue
Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2010)
Song: Zoobi Doobi ... Movie: 3 Idiots
Nominated: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2010)
Song: Zoobi Doobi ... Movie: 3 Idiots
Nominated: Screen Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2009)
Song: Teri Ore ... Movie: Singh Is Kinng
Nominated: Apsara Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2009)
Song: Aahista Aahista ... Movie: Bachna Ae Haseeno
Nominated: Screen Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2008)
Song: Yeh Ishq Hai ... Movie: Jab We Met
Nominated: Apsara Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2008)
Song: Yeh Ishq Hai ... Movie: Jab We Met
Nominated: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2008)
Song: Mere Dholna ... Movie: Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Nominated: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2008)
Song: Thode Badmash ... Movie: Saawariya
Nominated: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2008)
Song: Yeh Ishq Hai ... Movie: Jab We Met
Nominated: Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2008)
Song: Barso Re ... Movie: Guru
Nominated: Screen Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2007)
Song: O Saathi Re ... Movie: Omkara
Nominated: Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer - Female (2007)
Song: So Jaoon Main ... Movie: Woh Lamhe
Nominated: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2007)
Song: Pal Pal Har Pal ... Movie: Lage Raho Munnabhai
Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2007)
Song: Yeh Ishq Hai ... Movie: Jab We Met
Nominated: IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2006)
Movie: Parineeta
Nominated: Global Indian Film Awards for Best Playback Singer (Female) (2006)
Song: O Saathi Re ... Movie: Omkara
Nominated: Global Indian Film Awards for Best Playback Singer (Female) (2006)
Song: Pal Pal Har Pal ... Movie: Lage Raho Munnabhai
Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2006)
Song: Pal Pal Har Pal ... Movie: Lage Raho Munnabhai
Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2005)
Movie: Zeher
Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2005)
Movie: Parineeta
Nominated: Apsara Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2005)
Song: Piyu Bole ... Movie: Parineeta
