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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 94,258 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kayahan is the 1,185th most popular singer (down from 1,173rd in 2019), the 1,020th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 939th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Turkish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 94k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kayahan ranks 1,185 out of 3,528Before him are Marion Rung, Irina Allegrova, Beth Carvalho, Ricardo Montaner, Izumi Sakai, and Sherrill Milnes. After him are Tefta Tashko-Koço, Brita Borg, Nancy Wilson, Terry Jacks, Ian Hunter, and Andreas Scholl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Kayahan ranks 378Before him are John Podesta, Gil Scott-Heron, Leopoldo Brenes, Gates McFadden, Ivan Kostov, and Bob Backlund. After him are Alan White, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Ireen Sheer, José Graziano da Silva, and Daniel Killer. Among people deceased in 2015, Kayahan ranks 274Before him are Józef Oleksy, Ferenc Kiss, Elio Toaff, Revaz Chkheidze, Gunther Schuller, and Melissa Mathison. After him are Claude Criquielion, Richard Bass, Roberto Tucci, Patricia Crone, Peter Gay, and Clifford Edmund Bosworth.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Kayahan ranks 1,020 out of 1,301Before him are Hülya Koçyiğit (1947), Mahsun Kırmızıgül (1969), Kenan Doğulu (1974), Çolpan İlhan (1936), Seyla Benhabib (1950), and Neslihan Atagül (1992). After him are Levon Shant (1869), Taner Akçam (1953), Stefanos Skouloudis (1838), Murat Karayılan (1954), Çağatay Ulusoy (1990), and Sibel Can (1970).

Among SINGERS In Turkey

Among singers born in Turkey, Kayahan ranks 16Before him are Hande Yener (1973), Şivan Perwer (1955), Serhat (1964), Mustafa Sandal (1970), Mahsun Kırmızıgül (1969), and Kenan Doğulu (1974). After him are Sibel Can (1970), Serdar Ortaç (1970), Candan Erçetin (1963), Yıldız Tilbe (1966), Nilüfer (1955), and Demet Akalın (1972).