1929 - 2017
Girija Devi (8 May 1929 – 24 October 2017) was an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas. She performed classical and light classical music and helped elevate the profile of thumri. She was dubbed as the 'Queen of Thumri' for her contribution in the genre. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Girija Devi has received more than 306,442 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Girija Devi is the 1,320th most popular singer (up from 1,363rd in 2019), the 560th most popular biography from India (down from 556th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Singer.
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Among singers, Girija Devi ranks 1,320 out of 3,528. Before her are Richard Bona, Acker Bilk, Wyclef Jean, Florent Pagny, M.I.A., and Anna Jantar. After her are Ani Lorak, Lee Hyori, Curt Smith, Ivo Linna, Grimes, and Chad Kroeger.
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 1,314
1929 - 2014
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 1,315
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 1,316
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 1,317
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 1,318
1950 - 1980
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 1,319
1929 - 2017
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 1,320
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 1,321
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 1,322
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 1,323
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 1,324
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 1,325
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 1,326
Among people born in 1929, Girija Devi ranks 363. Before her are Betty Carter, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Rafael Chimishkyan, Igor Novikov, Acker Bilk, and Günter Kunert. After her are Ken McGregor, Jerry Hardin, Amar Bose, Francis Bebey, Kazimierz Kutz, and Ilene Woods. Among people deceased in 2017, Girija Devi ranks 357. Before her are Pancho Segura, Betty Cuthbert, Joseph Bologna, Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev, Aleksei Petrenko, and Michael Ogio. After her are Jaak Panksepp, Clifford Husbands, Anne-Marie Colchen, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Türkân Akyol, and Alina Janowska.
1929 - 1998
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 357
1929 - 1994
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 358
1929 - 2022
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 359
1929 - 2007
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 360
1929 - 2014
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 361
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 362
1929 - 2017
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 363
1929 - 2007
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 364
1929 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 365
1929 - 2013
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 366
1929 - 2001
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 367
1929 - 2018
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 368
1929 - 2010
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 369
1921 - 2017
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 351
1938 - 2017
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 352
1934 - 2017
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 353
1930 - 2017
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 354
1938 - 2017
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 355
1942 - 2017
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 356
1929 - 2017
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 357
1943 - 2017
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 358
1926 - 2017
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 359
1925 - 2017
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 360
1927 - 2017
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 361
1928 - 2017
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 362
1923 - 2017
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 363
Among people born in India, Girija Devi ranks 560 out of 1,493. Before her are Raghunath Murmu (1905), Vijay Mallya (1955), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), and Purushottam Das Tandon (1882). After her are Jeetendra (1942), Tim Severin (1940), Pankaj Kapur (1954), Paddy Ashdown (1941), Tom Kibble (1932), and Medha Patkar (1954).
1905 - 1982
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 554
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 555
1775 - 1835
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 556
1889 - 1940
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 557
1861 - 1939
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 558
1882 - 1962
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 559
1929 - 2017
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 560
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 561
1940 - 2020
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 562
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 563
1941 - 2018
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 564
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 565
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 566
Among singers born in India, Girija Devi ranks 13. Before her are Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Kumar Sanu (1957), S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Peter Sarstedt (1941), and Ali Akbar Khan (1922). After her are Manna Dey (1919), Usha Mangeshkar (1935), Udit Narayan (1955), K. J. Yesudas (1940), Jasraj (1930), and Jagjit Singh (1941).
1922 - 2011
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 7
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 8
1946 - 2020
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 9
1913 - 2009
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 10
1941 - 2017
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 11
1922 - 2009
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 12
1929 - 2017
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 13
1919 - 2013
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 14
1935 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 15
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 16
1940 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 17
1930 - 2020
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 18
1941 - 2011
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 19