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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. 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" (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 1,092,014 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Mehdi Hassan is the 2,081st most popular musician (down from 1,750th in 2019), the 770th most popular biography from India (down from 632nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Musician.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mehdi Hassan ranks 2,081 out of 2,662. Before him are Buzz Osborne, Adam Taubitz, Hank Ballard, Frank Ferrer, Jeffrey Hammond, and Julian Lloyd Webber. After him are Devendra Banhart, Mike Garson, Cornelius, Tony Alva, Ian Mosley, and Simon Webbe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Mehdi Hassan ranks 391. Before him are Porter Wagoner, Vince Boryla, Paul Eddington, Boots Randolph, Nan Martin, and Hank Ballard. After him are Virginia Weidler, Viola Myers, Harry Gallatin, Henri Dirickx, Abby Mann, and Guy Mitchell. Among people deceased in 2012, Mehdi Hassan ranks 410. Before him are Andrew Sarris, Turhan Bey, Joe Paterno, Kitty Wells, Helen Gurley Brown, and Arthur Jensen. After him are John Arden, Frederica Sagor Maas, Don Cornelius, Stephen Dunham, Alex Karras, and Al Freeman Jr..

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In India

Among people born in India, Mehdi Hassan ranks 770 out of 1,493. Before him are M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Maneka Gandhi (1956), Narain Karthikeyan (1977), Abhay Ashtekar (1949), Vikram Seth (1952), and Smita Patil (1955). After him are Chandramukhi Basu (1860), Yogi Adityanath (1972), Arvind Kejriwal (1968), K. Chandrashekar Rao (1954), Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), and Puneeth Rajkumar (1975).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Mehdi Hassan ranks 16. Before him are Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Trilok Gurtu (1951), A. R. Rahman (1966), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), and M. Balamuralikrishna (1930). After him are Salil Chowdhury (1925), Naushad (1919), Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927), K. S. Chithra (1963), U. Srinivas (1969), and Amit Trivedi (1979).

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