SINGER

Ahmed Rushdi

1934 - 1983

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Ahmed Rushdi (Urdu: احمد رشدی; 24 April 1934 – 11 April 1983) was a versatile Pakistani playback singer and was "an important contributor to the golden age of Pakistani film music." Regarded as one of the greatest singers in South Asia who could sing high tenor notes with ease, he is best known for his versatility and distinctive voice, with complex and dark emotional expressions. Considered the first pop singer of South Asia, he sang South Asia's first pop song, "Ko Ko Korina", in the 1966 film Armaan. Born in Hyderabad Deccan, he migrated to Pakistan following partition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmed Rushdi has received more than 336,456 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ahmed Rushdi is the 2,806th most popular singer (up from 3,015th in 2019), the 1,125th most popular biography from India (down from 1,035th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Indian Singer.

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ahmed Rushdi ranks 2,806 out of 4,381. Before him are Mýa, Halla Margrét Árnadóttir, Jala Brat, Malika Pukhraj, J. Cole, and Lucenzo. After him are Nanci Griffith, Stefano Secco, Sıla, K.Will, Tinkara Kovač, and Angie Stone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ahmed Rushdi ranks 573. Before him are Hot Rod Hundley, Ivan Utrobin, Little Milton, June Foulds, Willie Toweel, and Ann Wedgeworth. After him are Jonathan Miller, Vijaya Mehta, Hamilton Camp, Marlene Mathews, Dick Boushka, and George Ryan. Among people deceased in 1983, Ahmed Rushdi ranks 277. Before him are Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, Terence Cooke, Fatma Begum, Harold Stephen Black, Elisabeth Lutyens, and Gale Page. After him are Stan Rogers, Faye Emerson, Julio Rosales, José Villanueva, and Prithipal Singh.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ahmed Rushdi ranks 1,125 out of 1,861. Before him are Sonali Bendre (1975), Ram Charan (1985), Raghubar Das (1955), Satish Kaushik (1956), Bhama Srinivasan (1935), and Radhika Sarathkumar (1962). After him are Farooq Sheikh (1948), Pawan Kalyan (1971), Shraddha Kapoor (1987), Richard Allen (1902), Raja Rao (1908), and Nawazuddin Siddiqui (1974).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Ahmed Rushdi ranks 42. Before him are Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958), Kishori Amonkar (1932), Daler Mehndi (1967), Reshma (1947), Basanti Bisht (1953), and Parveen Sultana (1950). After him are Jagjit Kaur (1930), Mamta Chandrakar (1958), Hira Devi Waiba (1940), Hariharan (1955), Gurdas Maan (1957), and Abhijeet Bhattacharya (1958).

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