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Shamshad Begum

1919 - 2013

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Shamshad Begum (Hindi: शमशाद बेगम, IAST: Śamśād Bēgam; 14 April 1919 – 23 April 2013) was an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Notable for her distinctive voice and range, she sang over 6,000 songs in Hindustani, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Punjabi languages, among which 1287 were Hindi film songs. She worked with renowned composers of the time, such as Naushad Ali and O. P. Nayyar, for whom she was one of their favorites. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shamshad Begum has received more than 534,873 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Shamshad Begum is the 2,352nd most popular singer (down from 1,925th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 106th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Singer.

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  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Shamshad Begum ranks 2,352 out of 3,528. Before her are K.Maro, Ozuna, Jan Smit, Mark Forster, Patrick Ouchène, and Cody Simpson. After her are Sora Amamiya, Safura Alizadeh, Evridiki, Yook Sung-jae, GZA, and Anna Sedokova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Shamshad Begum ranks 314. Before her are Ellen Stewart, Naushad, George Avakian, Gretchen Fraser, Jayne Meadows, and Mary Beth Hughes. After her are Janet Waldo, Ella Grasso, Wally Hickel, Andy Rooney, Beryl Reid, and Doris Singleton. Among people deceased in 2013, Shamshad Begum ranks 453. Before her are Stuart Williams, Kofi Awoonor, Lee Thompson Young, Zelmo Beaty, Allan Simonsen, and Chieko Honda. After her are Wilbur Thompson, Malachi Throne, Markus Büchel, Tom Laughlin, Junior Murvin, and Lisa Robin Kelly.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Shamshad Begum ranks 117 out of 180. Before her are Sultan Rahi (1938), Hafiz Saeed (1950), Keshav Dutt (1925), Salima Ikram (1965), Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951), and A. K. Hangal (1915). After her are Iqbal Theba (1963), Parveen Shakir (1952), Chetan Anand (1915), Surinder Kaur (1929), Aafia Siddiqui (1972), and Nek Chand (1924).

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Among SINGERS In Pakistan

Among singers born in Pakistan, Shamshad Begum ranks 3. Before her are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948) and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902). After her are Surinder Kaur (1929), Abida Parveen (1954), Nazia Hassan (1965), Ghazala Javed (1988), Amjad Sabri (1970), and Atif Aslam (1983).

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