Re: Who is really the king? Mohd Rafi? Sonu Nigam? Kumar Sanu? or Udit?
Sonu Nigam thinks of Rafi as his "Bhagwaan". And no one can be better than his or her bhagwaan. Sonu Nigam can be a god to somebody else but for him Rafi is "the" god. People came to know Sonu only after he sang gazillions of Rafi songs; no one knew him before. He is a great singer trying to copy his seniors but no match for a singer like Mohammed Rafi.
Noor Jahan may be a bit senior than Lata, just a bit. But the magic that Lata has in her voice is just not there in Noor Jahan's.
Part of the reason that Rafi and Lata are the best even today, and for that matter I can even include Asha, is their humility. They never had false pride and arrogance come near to them. Kept themselves sincere to their work; did not say any thing bad about anybody. That is a quality of just not a great singer but a great human being. They always complimented seniors as well as their juniors. These are some of the reasons that they had and still have purity in their hearts, voices, and performances and an immense effect on their listeners.