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Kumar Sanu

1957 - Today

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Kumar Sanu (born Kedarnath Bhattacharya on 20 October 1957) is an Indian playback singer who gained recognition in Hindi cinema during the 1990s. He is known for his melodious voice and prolific output, recording songs in multiple languages including Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bhojpuri and Odia. Sanu gained widespread recognition with the soundtrack of Aashiqui (1990), which featured him in nearly all of the male solo songs and established him as a leading playback singer of the period. He won the Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for five consecutive years from 1990 to 1995, for films including Aashiqui (1990), Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Baazigar (1993) and 1942: A Love Story (1994). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Kumar Sanu is the 809th most popular singer (up from 1,137th in 2024), the 434th most popular biography from India (up from 546th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kumar Sanu ranks 809 out of 4,381. Before him are Sandra Kim, Faith Hill, James Blunt, Jon Vickers, Kavita Krishnamurthy, and Riccardo Fogli. After him are Cem Karaca, Chris Lowe, Marinella, Emma Calvé, Melanie Thornton, and Miliza Korjus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Kumar Sanu ranks 155. Before him are Hansi Müller, Kevin Rudd, Theresa Russell, Bernie Mac, Salim Idris, and Steve Lukather. After him are José Mário Vaz, Paul Reiser, Amanda Plummer, Zé Sérgio, Ramaz Shengelia, and Susanna Tamaro.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kumar Sanu ranks 434 out of 1,861. Before him are Shah Alam II (1728), Anish Kapoor (1954), The Great Khali (1972), Fatima Sheikh (1831), Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725), and Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958). After him are Sridevi (1963), Rukhmabai (1864), Debendranath Tagore (1817), Irrfan Khan (1967), BP Koirala (1914), and Naushad (1919).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Kumar Sanu ranks 8. Before him are Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Mohammed Rafi (1924), Navneet Aditya Waiba (null), Kishore Kumar (1929), Asha Bhosle (1933), and Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958). After him are Gangubai Hangal (1913), M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), Jasraj (1930), S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Manna Dey (1919), and Bhimsen Joshi (1922).

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