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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 around five decades, she has recorded over 25,000 Songs in various Indian languages languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia, Bengali, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Marathi, Tulu, Badaga, Banjara, Urdu, Assamese, Gujarati and Sanskrit as well as foreign languages such as Malay, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese, Urdu (Pakistan), English and French. Chithra, renowned for her extraordinary vocal talent, is widely recognised as the Golden Voice of India, a title bestowed upon her by the prestigious Royal Albert Hall, London in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of K. S. Chithra has received more than 4,230,000 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). K. S. Chithra is the 2,691st most popular musician (down from 2,602nd in 2019), the 1,154th most popular biography from India (down from 1,031st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Indian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, K. S. Chithra ranks 2,691 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 1,154 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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