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Gauhar Jaan

1873 - 1930

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Gauhar Jaan (born Angelina Yeoward; 26 June 1873 – 17 January 1930) was an Indian singer and dancer from Kolkata. She was one of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India, which was later released by the Gramophone Company of India and resulted in her being known as "the Gramophone girl" and "the first recording superstar of India". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gauhar Jaan has received more than 931,614 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gauhar Jaan is the 2,288th most popular singer (up from 2,419th in 2019), the 948th most popular biography from India (down from 876th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Indian Singer.

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  • 930k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Gauhar Jaan ranks 2,288 out of 4,381. Before her are Arabian Prince, Patricia Petibon, Chaeyoung, Nichkhun, Kamilya Jubran, and Aysel Teymurzadeh. After her are Charlie Rich, Aura Dione, Kenshi Yonezu, Jeon So-mi, Kim Petras, and Wilfried.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Gauhar Jaan ranks 202. Before her are Leonid Leonidov, Dmitry Ushakov, Dorothy Richardson, Louisa Garrett Anderson, Lady Ottoline Morrell, and Ellen Glasgow. After her are Sara Josephine Baker, August Rodenberg, Leo Amery, John W. Davis, Frederick Merriman, and Harry Solter. Among people deceased in 1930, Gauhar Jaan ranks 136. Before her are Christine Ladd-Franklin, Aston Webb, William Diller Matthew, Milton Sills, Henri Cohen, and Johnny Douglas. After her are Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone, Bill Tuttle, Robert Bridges, Emily Ford, and Ivan Yakovlev.

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In India

Among people born in India, Gauhar Jaan ranks 948 out of 1,861. Before her are Saroo Brierley (1981), Silk Smitha (1960), Prakash Jha (1952), Sushilkumar Shinde (1941), Sikandar Jah (1768), and Raman Singh (1952). After her are Brahmanandam (1956), Nimmi (1933), Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), Pankaj Udhas (1951), Mani Ratnam (1956), and Anushka Sharma (1988).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Gauhar Jaan ranks 29. Before her are Vani Jairam (1945), Sonu Nigam (1973), Pratima Barua Pandey (1934), Mahendra Kapoor (1934), Bappi Lahiri (1952), and Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi (1920). After her are Pankaj Udhas (1951), Usha Uthup (1947), Dipali Barthakur (1941), Sharda Sinha (1952), KK (1968), and Arijit Singh (1987).

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