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Hira Devi Waiba

1940 - 2011

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Hira Devi Waiba (9 September 1940 – 19 January 2011) was an Indian folk singer in the Nepali-language and is hailed as the pioneer of Nepali folk songs. Her song "Chura ta Hoina Astura" is said to be the first Tamang Selo (a genre of Nepali folk music) ever recorded. Hira Devi Waiba is the only Nepali folk singer to have cut albums (in 1974 and 1978) with HMV. She was the sole Grade A Nepali Folk Singer with All India Radio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hira Devi Waiba has received more than 62,526 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hira Devi Waiba is the 3,000th most popular singer, the 1,184th most popular biography from India and the 45th most popular Indian Singer.

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  • 63k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Hira Devi Waiba ranks 3,000 out of 4,381. Before her are Nazia Hassan, Olivia Ruiz, Mamta Chandrakar, Alf Poier, Tionne Watkins, and Durga McBroom. After her are Ronnie Carroll, Joey McIntyre, María Isabel, Katarína Hasprová, Nina Morato, and Joci Pápai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Hira Devi Waiba ranks 612. Before her are Barney Frank, Savitri Jindal, Ali Eid, Jim Clyburn, Harry Jerome, and István Timár. After her are Mark White, Govind Nihalani, Roger K. Crouch, Donald Jackson, David Broome, and Connie Mack III. Among people deceased in 2011, Hira Devi Waiba ranks 516. Before her are Mani Kaul, Walt Hazzard, Andy Rooney, Joseph Galibardy, Jan Marek, and Shahbaz Bhatti. After her are Googie Withers, Heavy D, Jimmy Adamson, Mario Miranda, Jani Lane, and Eddie Turnbull.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hira Devi Waiba ranks 1,184 out of 1,861. Before her are Honey Irani (1954), Roopa Ganguly (1966), Mahesh Bhupathi (1974), Abhinav Bindra (1982), Jagjit Kaur (1930), and Mamta Chandrakar (1958). After her are Nayanthara (1984), Vijayashanti (1966), Ila Arun (1929), Aravind Adiga (1974), Navjot Singh Sidhu (1963), and Mohammad Azharuddin (1963).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Hira Devi Waiba ranks 45. Before her are Reshma (1947), Basanti Bisht (1953), Parveen Sultana (1950), Ahmed Rushdi (1934), Jagjit Kaur (1930), and Mamta Chandrakar (1958). After her are Hariharan (1955), Gurdas Maan (1957), Abhijeet Bhattacharya (1958), Sulakshana Pandit (1954), Shankar Mahadevan (1967), and Navneet Aditya Waiba (null).

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