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Kishori Amonkar

1932 - 2017

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Kishori Amonkar (10 April 1932 – 3 April 2017) was an Indian classical vocalist, belonging to the Jaipur gharana, or a community of musicians sharing a distinctive musical style. She is considered to be one of the foremost classical singers in India. She was a performer of the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kishori Amonkar has received more than 611,188 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kishori Amonkar is the 2,468th most popular singer, the 1,024th most popular biography from India and the 37th most popular Indian Singer.

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  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kishori Amonkar ranks 2,468 out of 4,381. Before her are Tamara Todevska, Deniece Williams, Paul Oscar, Magnus Carlsson, Kerli, and Rag'n'Bone Man. After her are Kâzım Koyuncu, Becky G, Bobby Bare, Bobby Charles, Bow Wow, and Julie Felix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Kishori Amonkar ranks 554. Before her are Dennis Skinner, Bob Houbregs, Vic Crowe, Charles Adkins, Johnny Kerr, and Billy Evans. After her are Robert Osborne, Lakshman Kadirgamar, Richie Guerin, Jackie Henderson, Tim Parnell, and Edmund Wickham Lawrence. Among people deceased in 2017, Kishori Amonkar ranks 616. Before her are David Axelrod, Keely Smith, Francine York, Ernie Pieterse, Tino Insana, and Denis Voronenkov. After her are Fredy Schmidtke, Robert Osborne, Scott Putesky, Tim Parnell, Joost van der Westhuizen, and Marek Ostrowski.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kishori Amonkar ranks 1,024 out of 1,861. Before her are G. N. Ramachandran (1922), Durga Khote (1905), Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958), Ebrahim Alkazi (1925), Monisha Kaltenborn (1971), and Charles Correa (1930). After her are Rajpal Yadav (1971), Mehboob Khan (1907), Vishnuvardhan (1950), Gita Gopinath (1971), Ravi Shankar Prasad (1954), and Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Kishori Amonkar ranks 37. Before her are Usha Uthup (1947), Dipali Barthakur (1941), Sharda Sinha (1952), KK (1968), Arijit Singh (1987), and Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958). After her are Daler Mehndi (1967), Reshma (1947), Basanti Bisht (1953), Parveen Sultana (1950), Ahmed Rushdi (1934), and Jagjit Kaur (1930).

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