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Kumar Sanu

1957 - Today

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Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Hindi film songs. Apart from Hindi, he has also sung in other languages including Bengali, Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia, Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali, both in West Bengal and Bangladesh. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer from 1991 to 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kumar Sanu has received more than 5,303,047 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Kumar Sanu is the 1,136th most popular singer (down from 848th in 2019), the 546th most popular biography from India (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kumar Sanus by language

Over the past year Kumar Sanu has had the most page views in the with 440,317 views, followed by Hindi (131,217), and Bengali (22,423). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hindi (204.48%), Maithili (94.40%), and Simple English (89.86%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kumar Sanu ranks 1,136 out of 4,381. Before him are Claude Nougaro, Sylvester, Jean Philippe, Gil Scott-Heron, Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, and James Arthur. After him are Angela Gossow, Meliton Balanchivadze, Amelita Galli-Curci, Steve Porcaro, Günther, and Joséphine Fodor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Kumar Sanu ranks 214. Before him are Sheila E., Hervé Le Tellier, Yuri Shevchuk, Ian Stuart Donaldson, Siouxsie Sioux, and Claude Criquielion. After him are Filippo Grandi, Steve Porcaro, Florence Arthaud, Khandi Alexander, Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, and Kathy Najimy.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kumar Sanu ranks 546 out of 1,861. Before him are Shahu I (1682), Vasundhara Raje (1953), Anna Kashfi (1934), Shabana Azmi (1950), N. T. Rama Rao (1923), and Bhagwan Das (1869). After him are Barry Hay (1948), Shuja-ud-Daula (1732), Pankaj Kapur (1954), Raghunath Murmu (1905), Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923), and K. J. Yesudas (1940).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Kumar Sanu ranks 13. Before him are Udit Narayan (1955), S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Jagjit Singh (1941), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Girija Devi (1929), and Gangubai Hangal (1913). After him are K. J. Yesudas (1940), Manna Dey (1919), Usha Mangeshkar (1935), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), Ali Akbar Khan (1922), and Begum Akhtar (1914).

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