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Kishore Kumar

1929 - 1987

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Kishore Kumar (born Abhas Kumar Ganguly; ; 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer, musician and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music. Kumar was one of the most popular singers in the Indian subcontinent, notable for his yodelling and ability to sing songs in different voices. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kishore Kumar has received more than 11,400,023 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Kishore Kumar is the 677th most popular singer (up from 694th in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from India (down from 326th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kishore Kumar ranks 677 out of 3,528. Before him are Sam Hui, Arash, Floor Jansen, Hans Hotter, Midge Ure, and Camilo Sesto. After him are José Alfredo Jiménez, Shakin' Stevens, Seiko Matsuda, Piero Cappuccilli, H.P. Baxxter, and Lilli Lehmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Kishore Kumar ranks 210. Before him are Mariama Bâ, Roger Bannister, Gérard de Villiers, Liz Sheridan, Leila Abashidze, and Albert Azaryan. After him are Horst Frank, Adrienne Rich, Piero Cappuccilli, Milton Glaser, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and Jack Higgins. Among people deceased in 1987, Kishore Kumar ranks 113. Before him are R. Budd Dwyer, Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, Jackie Gleason, Adile Naşit, Bernhard Grzimek, and Norman McLaren. After him are James Jesus Angleton, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Vicente Calderón, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Bengt Strömgren, and René Lévesque.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kishore Kumar ranks 354 out of 1,493. Before him are Kumaragupta I (400), Dara Shukoh (1615), Bhalchandra Nemade (1938), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931), Jacques Lauriston (1768), and Shashi Kapoor (1938). After him are Rajesh Khanna (1942), Ashapurna Devi (1909), Sukhdev Thapar (1907), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), Kiran Bedi (1949), and Prakash Raj (1965).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Kishore Kumar ranks 5. Before him are Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Asha Bhosle (1933), and Mohammed Rafi (1924). After him are M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Kumar Sanu (1957), S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Peter Sarstedt (1941), and Ali Akbar Khan (1922).

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