SINGER

KK

1968 - 2022

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Krishnakumar Kunnath (23 August 1968 – 31 May 2022), popularly known as KK, was an Indian playback singer. He recorded songs primarily in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Noted for his versatility in a variety of music genres, KK is regarded as one of the greatest playback singers of India of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of KK has received more than 300,506 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). KK is the 2,359th most popular singer (up from 3,677th in 2019), the 981st most popular biography from India (up from 1,248th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Indian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, KK ranks 2,359 out of 4,381Before him are Changmin, Benny Blanco, Elizabeth Fraser, Mario Frangoulis, Paolo Meneguzzi, and Markku Aro. After him are Yael Naim, Timati, Medina, Mónica Naranjo, Gucci Mane, and Roger Cicero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, KK ranks 498Before him are Shinichiro Tani, Alejandro Mancuso, Pat O'Brien, Uwe Peschel, Noordin Mohammad Top, and William Regal. After him are Antonio Rossi, Kakhaber Tskhadadze, Amy Carlson, Judith Hoag, Steven Waddington, and Lina Cheryazova. Among people deceased in 2022, KK ranks 624Before him are Dorothy E. Smith, Kathleen Nord, Howard Hesseman, James Forbes, Don L. Lind, and June Brown. After him are Vin Scully, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Andrzej Iwan, Kim Jung Gi, Conrad Janis, and Paul Silas.

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In India

Among people born in India, KK ranks 981 out of 1,861Before him are K. Balachander (1930), Lakshmi (1952), Nita Ambani (1963), Priyanka Gandhi (1972), Vikas Swarup (1961), and Aruna Roy (1946). After him are Raveena Tandon (1974), Ranbir Kapoor (1982), P. Chidambaram (1945), Madhur Jaffrey (1933), Leslie Claudius (1927), and Tessy Thomas (1963).

Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, KK ranks 34Before him are Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi (1920), Gauhar Jaan (1873), Pankaj Udhas (1951), Usha Uthup (1947), Dipali Barthakur (1941), and Sharda Sinha (1952). After him are Arijit Singh (1987), Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958), Kishori Amonkar (1932), Daler Mehndi (1967), Reshma (1947), and Basanti Bisht (1953).