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M. S. Subbulakshmi

1916 - 2004

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Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (Tamil: மதுரை சண்முகவடிவு சுப்புலட்சுமி; 16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of M. S. Subbulakshmi has received more than 2,623,462 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. M. S. Subbulakshmi is the 716th most popular singer (up from 855th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from India (up from 388th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Singer.

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  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, M. S. Subbulakshmi ranks 716 out of 3,528. Before her are Jennifer Warnes, Lotte Lehmann, Nile Rodgers, Roy Black, Toni Braxton, and Alain Barrière. After her are Paul Young, Eric Carmen, Gladys Knight, Hermann Prey, Pharrell Williams, and Alanis Morissette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, M. S. Subbulakshmi ranks 133. Before her are Jurij Brězan, Erik Nilsson, Ri Jong-ok, Jack Arnold, Halet Çambel, and Ugo Locatelli. After her are Bismillah Khan, Paul Halmos, Werner Bischof, Veronika Dudarova, Wan Li, and Svend Asmussen. Among people deceased in 2004, M. S. Subbulakshmi ranks 131. Before her are Juan Zambudio Velasco, Janet Frame, Antonio Gades, Miklós Fehér, Dimebag Darrell, and Ota Šik. After her are Howard Keel, Tiziano Terzani, Kalevi Sorsa, Carrie Snodgress, Naomi Shemer, and Muhammad Zaidan.

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In India

Among people born in India, M. S. Subbulakshmi ranks 366 out of 1,493. Before her are Prakash Raj (1965), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Vichitravirya (null), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), Vidya Balan (1979), and Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725). After her are Mahbub ul Haq (1934), Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904), Jayant Narlikar (1938), Swaminarayan (1781), Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892), and Girija Prasad Koirala (1924).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, M. S. Subbulakshmi ranks 6. Before her are Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Asha Bhosle (1933), Mohammed Rafi (1924), and Kishore Kumar (1929). After her are 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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