SINGER

Anoushka Shankar

1981 - Today

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Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (born 9 June 1981) is a British-American sitar player and musician of Indian descent, as well as occasional writer. She performs across multiple genres and styles—classical and contemporary, acoustic and electronic. In addition to releasing seven solo studio albums beginning with Anoushka (1998), she has also worked alongside a wide variety of musicians, including Karsh Kale on the full-length collaboration Breathing Under Water (2007) and her father Ravi Shankar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anoushka Shankar has received more than 3,675,929 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Anoushka Shankar is the 2,571st most popular singer (down from 2,355th in 2019), the 6,234th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,657th in 2019) and the 243rd most popular British Singer.

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  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Anoushka Shankar ranks 2,571 out of 4,381. Before her are Amaia Montero, Arnel Pineda, JoJo, Jenifer, MakSim, and Ella Mae Morse. After her are Lou, Tiffany Darwish, The D.O.C., Elkie Brooks, Anna Sedokova, and Mai Charoenpura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Anoushka Shankar ranks 391. Before her are Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Nam Hyun-hee, Bojana Novakovic, Ska Keller, Miyuki Yanagita, and Beverley Mitchell. After her are Diodato, Servet Çetin, Fernando Menegazzo, Vahina Giocante, Brian J. Smith, and Kubrat Pulev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anoushka Shankar ranks 6,234 out of 8,785. Before her are Dario Franchitti (1973), Maggie O'Farrell (1972), Martin Atkinson (1971), Stuart Bingham (1976), Lalla Ward (1951), and Roma Downey (1960). After her are Chris Coleman (1970), Brian McClair (1963), George Etherege (1635), Lee Dixon (1964), Stanley Middleton (1919), and Adrian Metcalfe (1942).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Anoushka Shankar ranks 243. Before her are Taio Cruz (1980), Rag'n'Bone Man (1985), Paolo Nutini (1987), Natasha Bedingfield (1981), 21 Savage (1992), and Muriel Day (1942). After her are Elkie Brooks (1945), Mark E. Smith (1957), Julian Marley (1975), Antony Costa (1981), Tina Cousins (1974), and Maddy Prior (1947).

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