SINGER

Bappi Lahiri

1952 - 2022

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Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappida was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s and 1990s with filmi soundtracks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bappi Lahiri has received more than 4,189,585 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Bappi Lahiri is the 2,082nd most popular singer (down from 1,725th in 2019), the 889th most popular biography from India (down from 689th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Indian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bappi Lahiris by language

Over the past year Bappi Lahiri has had the most page views in the with 231,504 views, followed by Bengali (9,757), and Hindi (8,011). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (99.41%), Maithili (60.99%), and Malay (53.85%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Bappi Lahiri ranks 2,082 out of 4,381. Before him are Marco Borsato, Polina Gagarina, Sana, Rudy Vallée, Johnny Tillotson, and Alesha Dixon. After him are Yui, Liu Huan, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Amalie Materna, David Miller, and Craig David.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Bappi Lahiri ranks 600. Before him are Reinhard Häfner, Sugata Mitra, Mary Badham, Tamás Faragó, Dick Schoenaker, and Thomas Ahlström. After him are Guillermo La Rosa, Andrzej Fischer, Mel Smith, Siegfried Brietzke, Yukitaka Omi, and Saufatu Sopoanga. Among people deceased in 2022, Bappi Lahiri ranks 581. Before him are Sergei Puskepalis, Yelizaveta Dementyeva, Joan Copeland, Richard Taruskin, Tomasz Wójtowicz, and Alexei Panshin. After him are Werner Israel, Hérard Abraham, Duvall Hecht, Don Young, Charlbi Dean, and Aaron Carter.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bappi Lahiri ranks 889 out of 1,861. Before him are Sugata Mitra (1952), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Simon Pimenta (1920), Fareed Zakaria (1964), Norman Pritchard (1877), and Kenneth Anderson (1891). After him are Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919), Aparna Sen (1945), Mridula Sinha (1942), Baselios Cleemis (1959), Parmanand Jha (1944), and Gulshan Kumar (1956).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Bappi Lahiri ranks 27. Before him are Peter Sarstedt (1941), Hemanta Mukherjee (1920), Vani Jairam (1945), Sonu Nigam (1973), Pratima Barua Pandey (1934), and Mahendra Kapoor (1934). After him are Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi (1920), Gauhar Jaan (1873), Pankaj Udhas (1951), Usha Uthup (1947), Dipali Barthakur (1941), and Sharda Sinha (1952).

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