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S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

1946 - 2020

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Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), commonly known as SPB or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Indian singers of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam has received more than 9,968,734 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). S. P. Balasubrahmanyam is the 741st most popular singer (up from 925th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from India (up from 439th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam ranks 741 out of 4,381. Before him are Floor Jansen, Limahl, Billy Vaughn, Mike Love, Frank Sinatra Jr., and Edita Piekha. After him are Juanes, Indila, Hugues Aufray, Michael Bublé, Carlos do Carmo, and José Luis Perales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam ranks 291. Before him are Andrew Yao, Nataša Kandić, Jeffrey Jones, Robert Fisk, Jürgen Croy, and Blake Clark. After him are Hamengkubuwono X, Frank Marshall, Henrique Rosa, Roméo Dallaire, Allan Holdsworth, and Gilbert O'Sullivan. Among people deceased in 2020, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam ranks 229. Before him are Alex Olmedo, Idir, Robert Fisk, Annie Cordy, Hans-Jochen Vogel, and Ken Robinson. After him are Gisèle Halimi, Ken Shimura, Rubem Fonseca, Nexhmije Pagarusha, Nina Bocharova, and Julian Bream.

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In India

Among people born in India, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam ranks 396 out of 1,861. Before him are Iskander Mirza (1899), Sundar Pichai (1972), Mala Sinha (1936), Rekha (1954), Fatima Jinnah (1893), and Jaimini (-390). After him are B. D. Jatti (1912), Suriya (1975), Akshata Murty (1980), Shibli Nomani (1857), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931), and Joseph Vaz (1651).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam ranks 8. Before him are Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Kishore Kumar (1929), Mohammed Rafi (1924), M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), Asha Bhosle (1933), and Udit Narayan (1955). After him are Jagjit Singh (1941), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Girija Devi (1929), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Kumar Sanu (1957), and K. J. Yesudas (1940).

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