1963 - Today
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 4,019,424 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). K. S. Chithra is the 2,613th most popular musician (down from 2,398th in 2019), the 1,035th most popular biography from India (down from 875th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Musician.
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Among musicians, K. S. Chithra ranks 2,613 out of 2,662. Before her are Matt Helders, Brody Dalle, Matt Heafy, Sam Totman, Edward Shearmur, and Henkka Seppälä. After her are Maimuna, Chuckie, Liz Phair, Bernard Butler, Tiffany Alvord, and Pete Parada.
1986 - Present
HPI: 32.08
Rank: 2,607
1979 - Present
HPI: 32.05
Rank: 2,608
1986 - Present
HPI: 32.02
Rank: 2,609
1980 - Present
HPI: 32.01
Rank: 2,610
1966 - Present
HPI: 31.93
Rank: 2,611
1980 - Present
HPI: 31.93
Rank: 2,612
1963 - Present
HPI: 31.90
Rank: 2,613
1980 - Present
HPI: 31.89
Rank: 2,614
1978 - Present
HPI: 31.86
Rank: 2,615
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.86
Rank: 2,616
1970 - Present
HPI: 31.86
Rank: 2,617
1992 - Present
HPI: 31.84
Rank: 2,618
1973 - Present
HPI: 31.82
Rank: 2,619
Among people born in 1963, K. S. Chithra ranks 769. Before her are Marco Antônio, Vicente Zeballos, Jess Harnell, Catarina Lindqvist, Tomoo Kudaka, and Vicenç Pagès. After her are Anthony Bowie, Christine Cavanaugh, Xavier McDaniel, Detlef Hofmann, Charlot Salwai, and Igor Lapshin.
1963 - Present
HPI: 32.18
Rank: 763
1963 - Present
HPI: 32.15
Rank: 764
1963 - Present
HPI: 32.07
Rank: 765
1963 - Present
HPI: 32.03
Rank: 766
1963 - 1999
HPI: 32.00
Rank: 767
1963 - 2022
HPI: 31.97
Rank: 768
1963 - Present
HPI: 31.90
Rank: 769
1963 - Present
HPI: 31.70
Rank: 770
1963 - 2014
HPI: 31.61
Rank: 771
1963 - Present
HPI: 31.59
Rank: 772
1963 - Present
HPI: 31.54
Rank: 773
1963 - Present
HPI: 31.53
Rank: 774
1963 - Present
HPI: 31.47
Rank: 775
Among people born in India, K. S. Chithra ranks 1,035 out of 1,493. Before her are Sarika (1962), Honey Irani (1954), R. Madhavan (1970), Mahesh Bhupathi (1974), Smriti Irani (1976), and Padmini Kolhapure (1965). After her are Uday Chopra (1973), Shreya Ghoshal (1984), Ila Arun (1929), Ahmed Rushdi (1934), Sabeer Bhatia (1968), and Hariharan (1955).
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.12
Rank: 1,029
1954 - Present
HPI: 32.11
Rank: 1,030
1970 - Present
HPI: 32.07
Rank: 1,031
1974 - Present
HPI: 32.05
Rank: 1,032
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.04
Rank: 1,033
1965 - Present
HPI: 31.97
Rank: 1,034
1963 - Present
HPI: 31.90
Rank: 1,035
1973 - Present
HPI: 31.83
Rank: 1,036
1984 - Present
HPI: 31.78
Rank: 1,037
1929 - Present
HPI: 31.76
Rank: 1,038
1934 - 1983
HPI: 31.72
Rank: 1,039
1968 - Present
HPI: 31.65
Rank: 1,040
1955 - Present
HPI: 31.56
Rank: 1,041
Among musicians born in India, K. S. Chithra ranks 20. Before her are Amjad Ali Khan (1945), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Mehdi Hassan (1927), Salil Chowdhury (1925), Naushad (1919), and Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927). After her are U. Srinivas (1969) and Amit Trivedi (1979).
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 14
1930 - 2016
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 15
1927 - 2012
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 16
1925 - 1995
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 17
1919 - 2006
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 18
1927 - 2019
HPI: 35.19
Rank: 19
1963 - Present
HPI: 31.90
Rank: 20
1969 - 2014
HPI: 22.36
Rank: 21
1979 - Present
HPI: 16.38
Rank: 22