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Mishary Rashid Alafasy

1976 - Today

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Qari Mishary bin Rashid Alafasy (Arabic: مشاري بن راشد العفاسي) is a Kuwaiti qāriʾ (reciter of the Quran), imam, preacher, and nasheed artist. He studied in the Islamic University of Madinah's College of Qur'an, specializing in the ten qira'at and tafsir. Alafasy has released nasheed albums. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mishary Rashid Alafasy has received more than 658,779 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mishary Rashid Alafasy is the 1,302nd most popular musician (up from 1,452nd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Kuwait (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Kuwaiti Musician.

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  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mishary Rashid Alafasy ranks 1,302 out of 3,175. Before him are Andy Bown, Andrei Gavrilov, Bert Jansch, Joe Jackson, Adrian Vandenberg, and James Jamerson. After him are Steve Jordan, Lou Donaldson, Bill Frisell, Rudolf Firkušný, Trent Reznor, and Johnny Griffin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Mishary Rashid Alafasy ranks 128. Before him are Yulia Navalnaya, Remy Bonjasky, Petit, Wagner Moura, Alex O'Loughlin, and Kevin Garnett. After him are Cha Tae-hyun, Iván de la Peña, Traianos Dellas, Diego Tristán, Song Seung-heon, and Melissa Joan Hart.

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In Kuwait

Among people born in Kuwait, Mishary Rashid Alafasy ranks 19 out of 42. Before him are Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (1864), Nasser Al-Sabah (1940), Alaa Hussein Ali (1949), Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (1942), Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (1956), and Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (1953). After him are Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (1955), Jihadi John (1988), Faisal Al-Dakhil (1957), Ramzi Yousef (1968), Faiza Al-Kharafi (1946), and Fathi Kameel (1955).

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Among MUSICIANS In Kuwait

Among musicians born in Kuwait, Mishary Rashid Alafasy ranks 1. 

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