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Kailash Kher

1973 - Today

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Kailash Kher (born 7 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer and music composer, he sings songs with a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music. He was inspired by the classical musicians Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, and the Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.Kher received the Padma Shri award in 2017 from the Indian government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kailash Kher has received more than 1,430,017 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kailash Kher is the 1,223rd most popular composer (down from 1,008th in 2019), the 1,005th most popular biography from India (down from 753rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Composer.

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  • 43.95

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  • 18

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  • 1.51

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  • 3.62

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Kailash Kher ranks 1,223 out of 1,228. Before him are Christopher Tin, Venetian Snares, Judith Weir, Brett Dean, Murray Gold, and Marcus Paus. After him are Oneohtrix Point Never, Nicholas Britell, Pritam, Yo Yo Honey Singh, and Alma Deutscher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Kailash Kher ranks 814. Before him are Hironori Nagamine, Fran Healy, Wail al-Shehri, Niclas Hävelid, Alex Sandro Santana de Oliveira, and Trevor Sinclair. After him are Megumu Yoshida, Hitoshi Sasaki, Diana Hayden, Brian Marshall, Terrell Owens, and Naohiro Kitade.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kailash Kher ranks 1,005 out of 1,227. Before him are Bhagyashree (1969), Mohammed Shahid (1960), Namrata Shirodkar (1972), Sooraj Barjatya (1965), Ravindra Jadeja (1988), and Nagma (1974). After him are Ritika Singh (1994), Zoya Akhtar (1972), Nayanthara (1984), Alisha Chinai (1965), Vidyut Jammwal (1980), and Diana Hayden (1973).

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Among COMPOSERS In India

Among composers born in India, Kailash Kher ranks 5. Before him are Tyagaraja (1767), Zakir Hussain (1951), R. D. Burman (1939), and Anu Malik (1960). After him are Pritam (1971) and Yo Yo Honey Singh (1983).

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