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Ilaiyaraaja

1943 - Today

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Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of the most prolific composers in a career spanning over forty-seven years, he has composed over 7,000 songs and provided film scores for over 1,000 films, apart from performing in over 20,000 concerts. He is nicknamed "Isaignani" (the musical sage) and often referred to as "Maestro", the title conferred by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London.Ilaiyaraaja was also one of the earliest Indian film composers to use Western classical music harmonies and string arrangements in Indian film music, and the first South Asian to compose a full symphony. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilaiyaraaja has received more than 7,326,052 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ilaiyaraaja is the 1,076th most popular musician (up from 1,503rd in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from India (up from 585th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ilaiyaraajas by language

Over the past year Ilaiyaraaja has had the most page views in the with 814,865 views, followed by Tamil (99,857), and Simple English (16,442). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (873.68%), Simple English (340.10%), and Southern Azerbaijani (143.25%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ilaiyaraaja ranks 1,076 out of 3,175. Before him are Kid Ory, Ronnie Radke, Gene Autry, Pino Daniele, Max von Schillings, and Johnny Hodges. After him are Steven Wilson, Albert Collins, David Sanborn, Grant Green, Dave Alexander, and Paul Simonon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ilaiyaraaja ranks 375. Before him are Héctor Chumpitaz, Brian Ferneyhough, Leonid Ivashov, Michael Morpurgo, Boediono, and John Draper. After him are Jon Postel, Robert Axelrod, Tim Schenken, Mick Jackson, Kuniwo Nakamura, and Gordon Matta-Clark.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ilaiyaraaja ranks 501 out of 1,861. Before him are Irrfan Khan (1967), Kumar Pallana (1918), Waheeda Rehman (1938), Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), Sunny Deol (1956), and Surendranath Banerjee (1848). After him are Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Dara Singh (1928), Azim Premji (1945), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), and H. D. Deve Gowda (1933).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Ilaiyaraaja ranks 8. Before him are Pete Best (1941), Cliff Richard (1940), Ravi Shankar (1920), Ram Narayan (1927), Tansen (1493), and Bismillah Khan (1916). After him are Barry Hay (1948), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Christian Zacharias (1950), Trilok Gurtu (1951), Mehdi Hassan (1927), and A. R. Rahman (1966).

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