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Kayahan

1949 - 2015

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Kayahan Açar (29 March 1949 – 3 April 2015) was a Turkish pop music singer-songwriter. He was an accomplished composer, consistently ranking among the best-selling Turkish musicians of all time. Kayahan composed all of his own material and released more than eight best-selling albums during a career spanning three decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kayahan has received more than 100,548 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Kayahan is the 1,200th most popular singer (down from 1,181st in 2019), the 928th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,018th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Turkish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kayahan ranks 1,200 out of 4,381. Before him are Edda Moser, Manna Dey, Chabuca Granda, Grace Bumbry, Hoagy Carmichael, and Juan Diego Flórez. After him are Dave Davies, Phil Anselmo, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Tonina Torrielli, Alim Qasimov, and Don Omar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Kayahan ranks 386. Before him are Volodymyr Onyshchenko, Helena Fibingerová, Tom Verlaine, Steven Williams, Odilo Scherer, and Arjun Appadurai. After him are Viktor Klimenko, Michael Beck, Ivo Linna, John Podesta, Naseeruddin Shah, and Philippe Descola. Among people deceased in 2015, Kayahan ranks 277. Before him are Patricia Crone, Yossi Sarid, Ivan Davidov, Stephan Beckenbauer, William Wakefield Baum, and Gamal El-Ghitani. After him are Joseph Engelberger, Jayakanthan, Peter de Klerk, Leo Kadanoff, Milorad Milutinović, and Elżbieta Krzesińska.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Kayahan ranks 928 out of 1,347. Before him are Mihri Müşfik Hanım (1886), Serenus Sammonicus (200), Solomon (401), Kenan İmirzalıoğlu (1974), Paris Pişmiş (1911), and Kerem Bürsin (1987). After him are Hülya Koçyiğit (1947), Ayşe Kulin (1941), Sosipatra (-400), Panyassis (-500), John Kourkouas (null), and Germanus V of Constantinople (1835).

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Among SINGERS In Türkiye

Among singers born in Türkiye, Kayahan ranks 17. Before him are Cem Karaca (1945), Şivan Perwer (1955), Serhat (1964), Hande Yener (1973), Mustafa Sandal (1970), and Erkin Koray (1941). After him are Kenan Doğulu (1974), Serdar Ortaç (1970), Mahsun Kırmızıgül (1969), Candan Erçetin (1963), Nilüfer (1955), and Ebru Gündeş (1974).

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