MUSICIAN

Mehdi Hassan

1927 - 2012

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Mehdi Hassan Khan (Urdu: مہدی حسن خاں; 18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012), known as Mehdi Hassan, was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer of great renown. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of ghazal singing, Hassan is referred to as the Shahenshah-e-Ghazal (شہنشاہِ غزل, "Emperor of Ghazal"). Known for his "haunting" baritone voice, Hassan is credited with bringing ghazal singing to a worldwide audience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mehdi Hassan has received more than 1,177,603 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mehdi Hassan is the 1,613th most popular musician (up from 2,073rd in 2019), the 700th most popular biography from India (up from 766th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mehdi Hassan ranks 1,613 out of 3,175. Before him are Wanda Wiłkomirska, Eliane Elias, Memphis Minnie, Daphne Oram, Daniel Viglietti, and Alex Acuña. After him are Stefan Olsdal, James P. Johnson, Steve Hillage, Mike Patton, Kyle Eastwood, and Gilby Clarke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Mehdi Hassan ranks 364. Before him are Alfons Van Brandt, Ermes Muccinelli, Gerard Cieślik, Anne McLaren, Peter Mark Richman, and Roberto Bussinello. After him are Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Birgit Brüel, Yrjö Hietanen, Henry Spira, Lorenza Mazzetti, and José Azcona del Hoyo. Among people deceased in 2012, Mehdi Hassan ranks 347. Before him are Brigitte Engerer, Jerzy Kulej, Leon Schlumpf, George Kerr, Jaime Graça, and Valeri Vasiliev. After him are J. Bernlef, Patrick Moore, Oswaldo Payá, Clive Dunn, William Grut, and Oscar Rossi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mehdi Hassan ranks 700 out of 1,861. Before him are Shatrughan Sinha (1945), Parveen Babi (1949), I. I. Chundrigar (1897), Rakhee Gulzar (1947), Vijay Amritraj (1953), and Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928). After him are Soumitra Chatterjee (1935), Vijay Mallya (1955), Tom Kibble (1932), Paddy Ashdown (1941), Govinda (1963), and Madhavrao I (1745).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Mehdi Hassan ranks 13. Before him are Bismillah Khan (1916), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Barry Hay (1948), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Christian Zacharias (1950), and Trilok Gurtu (1951). After him are A. R. Rahman (1966), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), Salil Chowdhury (1925), Teejan Bai (1956), and Naushad (1919).

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