The Most Famous
SINGERS from Kazakhstan
This page contains a list of the greatest Kazakhstani Singers. The pantheon dataset contains 3,528 Singers, 5 of which were born in Kazakhstan. This makes Kazakhstan the birth place of the 79th most number of Singers behind Philippines and Uzbekistan.
Top 5
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kazakhstani Singers of all time. This list of famous Kazakhstani Singers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Kulyash Baiseitova (1912 - 1957)
With an HPI of 49.50, Kulyash Baiseitova is the most famous Kazakhstani Singer. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Kulyash Jasynqyzy Baiseitova (Kazakh: Күләш Жасынқызы Бәйсейітова, Küläş Jasynqyzy Bäiseiıtova; Russian: Куляш Жасымовна Байсеитова; birth name — Gulbakhram (Гульбахрам); 1912–1957) was a Soviet and Kazakh opera singer and actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1936).
2. Dimash Kudaibergen (1994 - )
With an HPI of 48.81, Dimash Kudaibergen is the 2nd most famous Kazakhstani Singer. His biography has been translated into 36 different languages.
Dinmuhammed Qanatuly Qudaibergen (Kazakh: Дінмұхаммед Қанатұлы Құдайберген, Dınmūhammed Qanatūly Qūdaibergen, born 24 May 1994) known professionally as Dimash Qudaibergen, is a Kazakh singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is university-trained in classical as well as contemporary music, and is known for his exceptionally wide vocal range. He has performed songs in thirteen languages. Although offered a position at the Astana Opera, he decided to carve out his career in contemporary music, mixing classical elements and traditional Kazakh music with pop music. He gained significant popularity in Kazakhstan and other post-Soviet countries in 2015 upon becoming the Grand Prix winner of Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, Belarus. He rose to fame in China with his participation as a "wildcard competitor" in Hunan TV's Singer 2017 (Chinese: 歌手2017), finishing second overall.
3. Oleg Bryjak (1960 - 2015)
With an HPI of 46.50, Oleg Bryjak is the 3rd most famous Kazakhstani Singer. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Oleg Bryjak (Ukrainian: Олег Брижак, 27 October 1960 – 24 March 2015) was a Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer. Born in Jezkazgan, Kazakh SSR, into an ethnic Ukrainian family, he moved to Germany in 1991 to join the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. From 1996 until his death, he was a soloist with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. Bryjak had been a protodeacon in a Ukrainian Orthodox church in Krefeld. Bryjak died on 24 March 2015 along with his colleague Maria Radner and 148 others when Germanwings Flight 9525 was deliberately crashed by its co-pilot in Prads-Haute-Bléone, France, during their return from performances of Richard Wagner's Siegfried at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
4. Zhanar Dugalova (1987 - )
With an HPI of 25.95, Zhanar Dugalova is the 4th most famous Kazakhstani Singer. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Zhanar Dugalova (Kazakh: Жанар Дұғалова, Janar Dūğalova; born 17 January 1987) is a Kazakh singer, who won the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 representing Kazakhstan with the song "Izin kórem". She is also a former member of Kazakhstani pop group KeshYou. Since August 2014 she has continued her career independently.
5. Daneliya Tuleshova (2006 - )
With an HPI of 25.54, Daneliya Tuleshova is the 5th most famous Kazakhstani Singer. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Daneliya Tuleshova (Kazakh: Данэлия Төлешова, romanized: Danelia Töleşova, born 18 July 2006) is a Kazakhstani singer. She represented Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus with her song "Ózińe sen", finishing sixth. Before Junior Eurovision, she won the fourth season of The Voice Kids Ukraine and was a finalist in Children's New Wave 2015. In 2019, she took part in The World's Best, representing her country alongside Dimash Kudaibergen. She was a finalist on season 15 of America's Got Talent.
Pantheon has 5 people classified as singers born between 1912 and 2006. Of these 5, 3 (60.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living singers include Dimash Kudaibergen, Zhanar Dugalova, and Daneliya Tuleshova. The most famous deceased singers include Kulyash Baiseitova and Oleg Bryjak. As of April 2022, 1 new singers have been added to Pantheon including Daneliya Tuleshova.
Living Singers
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Dimash Kudaibergen
1994 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Zhanar Dugalova
1987 - Present
HPI: 25.95
Daneliya Tuleshova
2006 - Present
HPI: 25.54
