ACTOR

Alka Yagnik

1966 - Today

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Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. One of the most prominent singers of 90s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades, including two National Film Awards, two Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer from a record of thirty-six nominations. Yagnik is one of the most prolific female playback singers and artists, and has sung a large number of female solos in her Bollywood career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alka Yagnik has received more than 4,620,806 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Alka Yagnik is the 5,462nd most popular actor (up from 7,775th in 2019), the 692nd most popular biography from India (up from 800th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alka Yagniks by language

Over the past year Alka Yagnik has had the most page views in the with 339,763 views, followed by Hindi (94,738), and Bengali (9,855). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (210.88%), Hindi (175.82%), and Simple English (103.01%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alka Yagnik ranks 5,462 out of 13,578. Before her are Jeff Garlin, Corey Stoll, Juhi Chawla, Aida Turturro, Géza von Bolváry, and Robert Newton. After her are Henry Kolker, Rachael Harris, Peter Jason, Janet Suzman, Carmen Machi, and David Margulies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Alka Yagnik ranks 243. Before her are Kang Soo-yeon, Greg Wise, Bruno Labbadia, Marco Antônio da Silva, José Garcia, and Lochlyn Munro. After her are Sonexay Siphandone, Vladimir Voevodsky, Derek Sherinian, Biréli Lagrène, Laurent Lafforgue, and Peaches.

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In India

Among people born in India, Alka Yagnik ranks 692 out of 1,861. Before her are Amrita Singh (1958), Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1895), Chiranjeevi (1955), Trilok Gurtu (1951), Reema Lagoo (1958), and Juhi Chawla (1967). After her are Tim Severin (1940), Shatrughan Sinha (1945), Parveen Babi (1949), I. I. Chundrigar (1897), Rakhee Gulzar (1947), and Vijay Amritraj (1953).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Alka Yagnik ranks 93. Before her are Ashok Kumar (1911), Freida Pinto (1984), Amrita Singh (1958), Chiranjeevi (1955), Reema Lagoo (1958), and Juhi Chawla (1967). After her are Shatrughan Sinha (1945), Parveen Babi (1949), Rakhee Gulzar (1947), Vijay Amritraj (1953), Soumitra Chatterjee (1935), and Govinda (1963).

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