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K. S. Chithra

1963 - Today

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Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963) is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 30,000 songs in various Indian languages, as well as foreign languages such as Malay, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese, English and French. She is also known for her extensive history of collaboration with music composers like A. R. Rahman, Ilaiyaraja, Hamsalekha, M. M. Keeravani and with the playback singers K. J. Yesudas and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam over the years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of K. S. Chithra has received more than 3,993,805 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). K. S. Chithra is the 2,688th most popular musician (down from 2,602nd in 2019), the 1,153rd most popular biography from India (down from 1,031st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Indian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of K. S. Chithras by language

Over the past year K. S. Chithra has had the most page views in the with 453,519 views, followed by Tamil (15,553), and Malayalam (10,208). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Assamese (381.37%), Sinhalese (154.56%), and Tamil (85.35%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, K. S. Chithra ranks 2,688 out of 3,175. Before her are Andy Gill, Alana Haim, Femi Kuti, Mikel Herzog, Nobuyuki Tsujii, and Jim O'Rourke. After her are Gautier Capuçon, Timmy Trumpet, Matt Skiba, Ben Shepherd, Håkan Hellström, and Tiga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, K. S. Chithra ranks 798. Before her are Mary Scheer, Jay Karnes, Jiao Zhimin, Vadym Tyshchenko, Donato Sabia, and Milan Šrejber. After her are Sean Lock, Jess Harnell, Ubaldo Righetti, Alain Menu, Aleksander Szczygło, and Kathy Ireland.

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In India

Among people born in India, K. S. Chithra ranks 1,153 out of 1,861. Before her are Kamala Markandaya (1924), Sonakshi Sinha (1987), Dina Pathak (1922), Goutam Ghose (1950), Rupi Kaur (1992), and Raman Parimala (1948). After her are Neena Gupta (1959), Mani Kaul (1944), Ram Swarup (1920), Moon Moon Sen (1954), Allu Arjun (1982), and Alia Bhatt (1993).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, K. S. Chithra ranks 21. Before her are M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), Salil Chowdhury (1925), Teejan Bai (1956), Naushad (1919), and Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927). After her are Rajesh Roshan (1955), M. M. Keeravani (1961), U. Srinivas (1969), Shubha Mudgal (1959), P.V.R. Raja (1985), and Amit Trivedi (1979).

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