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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 5,333,503 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Kumar Sanu is the 852nd most popular singer (down from 844th in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from India (down from 383rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Singer.

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  • 5.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kumar Sanu ranks 852 out of 3,528. Before him are Kate Ryan, Megan Thee Stallion, Demi Lovato, G-Dragon, Dennis Frederiksen, and Johann Michael Vogl. After him are Verka Serduchka, Signe Toly Anderson, Judy Collins, Wolfgang Windgassen, Rebbie Jackson, and Virginia E. Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Kumar Sanu ranks 147. Before him are Duško Ivanović, Kenji Kawai, Mikhail Pletnev, Tan Dun, Tignous, and Martin Donovan. After him are Nikos Galis, José Mário Vaz, Ruy Ramos, Judge Reinhold, Denis Leary, and Yasuhiro Yamashita.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kumar Sanu ranks 425 out of 1,493. Before him are Sucheta Kriplani (1908), Vijay (1974), Sanjeev Kumar (1938), Jaimini (-390), M. S. Swaminathan (1925), and Jai Singh II (1688). After him are Guru Har Krishan (1656), Jayalalithaa (1948), Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Kamala Nehru (1899), Krishan Chander (1914), and Nagarjun (1911).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Kumar Sanu ranks 8. Before him are Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Asha Bhosle (1933), Mohammed Rafi (1924), Kishore Kumar (1929), M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), and Bhimsen Joshi (1922). After him are S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Peter Sarstedt (1941), Ali Akbar Khan (1922), Girija Devi (1929), and Manna Dey (1919).

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