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{{short description|Bengali Indian ghazal singer}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Chitra Singh | alias = Chitra Dutta | birth_name = Chitra Shome<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thereel.scroll.in/801417/chitra-singh-the-ghazal-singer-who-stopped-singing-at-the-height-of-her-success| title= Flying solo with Chitra Singh| date= 8 January 2016}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|04|11|df=yes}}<!-- Please cite a reliable source for date of birth --> | birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India) | image = ChitraSingh1.jpg | caption = Chitra Singh in 2012 | instrument = Vocals | genre = [[Ghazal]], [[Classical music|Classical]], [[Devotional song|Devotional]], [[Folk music|Folk]] | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1970{{ndash}}1990 | spouse = Debo Prasad Dutta (div. 1969)<br>{{marriage|[[Jagjit Singh]]|1969|2011|reason=his death}} }} '''Chitra Singh''' ({{nee|'''Shome'''}}; formerly known as '''Chitra Dutta''')<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sahara|first1=Rashtriya|title=Rashtriya Sahara, Volume 5, Issues 1-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8iNuAAAAMAAJ|website=Google Books|year=1997|publisher=Sahara India Mass Communication|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref> is an Indian [[ghazal]] singer. She, alongside her second husband, [[Jagjit Singh]], popularized the ghazal genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jagjit-chitra-singh-mn0002294162/biography|title= Jagjit & Chitra Singh|website= [[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Respectfully known as the "king and queen of the Ghazal world," the husband and wife duo created some of the most successful [[Indian Music|Indian music]] of the 1970s and '80s.
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