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K. J. Yesudas

1940 - Today

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Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (/jeːʃud̪aːs/; born 10 January 1940) is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and film songs. He is widely considered one of the greatest singers in the history of Indian music and a cultural icon of Kerala. Yesudas is estimated to have recorded more than 50,000 songs in various Indian languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Tulu, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Marathi as well as Arabic, English, Latin, and Russian, in a career spanning six decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of K. J. Yesudas has received more than 4,029,039 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. K. J. Yesudas is the 1,157th most popular singer (up from 1,546th in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from India (up from 626th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Indian Singer.

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  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, K. J. Yesudas ranks 1,157 out of 4,381. Before him are Lydia Lipkowska, Kati Kovács, Ute Lemper, Cilla Black, Hasmik Papian, and Ebi. After him are Namie Amuro, Claudine Longet, Lou Rawls, Brigitte Fassbaender, Eva Cassidy, and Nate Dogg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, K. J. Yesudas ranks 323. Before him are Ralph Towner, Veikko Kankkonen, Alfonso Guerra, George Ritzer, Chuck Close, and Eberhard Weber. After him are Yossi Sarid, Andres Tarand, Anzor Kavazashvili, Jerry Lucas, Ignacio Milam Tang, and Uwe Timm.

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In India

Among people born in India, K. J. Yesudas ranks 552 out of 1,861. Before him are Kumar Sanu (1957), Barry Hay (1948), Shuja-ud-Daula (1732), Pankaj Kapur (1954), Raghunath Murmu (1905), and Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923). After him are Uttam Kumar (1926), Devika Rani (1908), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Jeannette Altwegg (1930), Margaret Abbott (1878), and Charles Gmelin (1872).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, K. J. Yesudas ranks 14. Before him are S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Jagjit Singh (1941), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Girija Devi (1929), Gangubai Hangal (1913), and Kumar Sanu (1957). After him are Manna Dey (1919), Usha Mangeshkar (1935), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), Ali Akbar Khan (1922), Begum Akhtar (1914), and Jasraj (1930).

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