1949 - 2015
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.
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Among singers, Kayahan ranks 1,185 out of 3,528. Before 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.
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 1,179
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 1,180
1946 - 2019
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 1,181
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 1,182
1967 - 2007
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 1,183
1935 - Present
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 1,184
1949 - 2015
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 1,185
1910 - 1947
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 1,186
1926 - 2010
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 1,187
1937 - 2018
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 1,188
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 1,189
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 1,190
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 1,191
Among people born in 1949, Kayahan ranks 378. Before 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 274. Before 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.
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 372
1949 - 2011
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 373
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 374
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 375
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 376
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 377
1949 - 2015
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 378
1949 - 2022
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 379
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 380
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 381
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 382
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 383
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 384
1946 - 2015
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 268
1942 - 2015
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 269
1915 - 2015
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 270
1926 - 2015
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 271
1925 - 2015
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 272
1950 - 2015
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 273
1949 - 2015
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 274
1957 - 2015
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 275
1929 - 2015
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 276
1921 - 2015
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 277
1945 - 2015
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 278
1923 - 2015
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 279
1928 - 2015
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 280
Among people born in Turkey, Kayahan ranks 1,020 out of 1,301. Before 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).
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 1,014
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 1,015
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 1,016
1936 - 2014
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 1,017
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 1,018
1992 - Present
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 1,019
1949 - 2015
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 1,020
1869 - 1951
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 1,021
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 1,022
1838 - 1928
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 1,023
1954 - 2023
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 1,024
1990 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 1,025
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 1,026
Among singers born in Turkey, Kayahan ranks 16. Before 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).
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 11
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 12
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 13
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 14
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 15
1949 - 2015
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 16
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 17
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 18
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 19
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 20
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 21
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 22