Singer Alka Yagnik expressed her happiness after being conferred Padma Bhushan award. “I want to thank the government for this prestigious honour and my listeners for their unconditional love,” she said. Yagnik entered playback singing in the 1980s and has sung popular songs such as 'Ek Do Teen', 'Taal Se Taal Mila', 'O Re Chhori' and 'Agar Tum Saath Ho'.