The Most Famous
MUSICIANS from Pakistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Pakistani Musicians. The pantheon dataset contains 3,175 Musicians, 1 of which were born in Pakistan. This makes Pakistan the birth place of the 101st most number of Musicians behind Åland Islands, and Suriname.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Pakistani Musicians of all time. This list of famous Pakistani Musicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (b. 1973)
With an HPI of 34.20, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is the most famous Pakistani Musician. His biography has been translated into 31 different languages on wikipedia.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Punjabi and Urdu: راحت فتح علی خان, Urdu pronunciation: [ɾɑːɦət̪ fəte(ɦ) əliː xɑːn]; born 9 December 1974) is a Pakistani singer, primarily Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music. Khan is one of the most popular and highest paid singers in Pakistan. He is the nephew of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan and grandson of Qawwali singer Fateh Ali Khan. In addition to Qawwali, he also performs ghazals and other light music. He is also well-known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema and the Pakistan film industry.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Pakistani musicians born between 1973 and 1973. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Pakistani musicians include Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
