MUSICIAN

Kayhan Kalhor

1963 - Today

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Kayhan Kalhor (Persian: کیهان کلهر, born on 24 November 1964) is a Kurdish kamancheh and setar player, and a vocal composer from Iran. He has received three Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kayhan Kalhor has received more than 242,871 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Kayhan Kalhor is the 2,156th most popular musician (down from 2,080th in 2019), the 450th most popular biography from Iran (down from 385th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kayhan Kalhor ranks 2,156 out of 3,175. Before him are Randy Bachman, Oscar Dronjak, Eddie Lang, Vadim Repin, Kygo, and David "Honeyboy" Edwards. After him are Chris Botti, Johnny Van Zant, Jeffrey Hammond, Bela B., Jim Byrnes, and Ellie Goulding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Kayhan Kalhor ranks 528. Before him are Stephan Lehmann, Valentin Yudashkin, Lysette Anthony, Eros Poli, Ines Diers, and Raimond van der Gouw. After him are Solvita Āboltiņa, Damon Galgut, Toshiya Miura, Jiří Parma, Igor Zhelezovski, and Caren Metschuck.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Kayhan Kalhor ranks 450 out of 631. Before him are Khodadad Azizi (1971), Hossein Sheikholeslam (1952), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Shohreh (1959), Cumrun Vafa (1960), and Quli Qutb Shah (1470). After him are Parviz Davoodi (1952), Ali Mirzaei (1929), Rakhshān Banietemad (1954), Iraj Danaeifard (1951), Hamed Haddadi (1985), and Ali Divandari (1957).

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Among MUSICIANS In Iran

Among musicians born in Iran, Kayhan Kalhor ranks 4. Before him are Safi al-Din al-Urmawi (1216), Viguen (1929), and Hossein Alizadeh (1951). After him are Shahin Najafi (1980), and Salim Ghazi Saeedi (1981).

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