SINGER

Shamshad Begum

1919 - 2013

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Shamshad Begum (Urdu: شمشادبیگمچ, 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 570,496 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Shamshad Begum is the 2,191st most popular singer (up from 2,344th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 116th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Shamshad Begum ranks 2,191 out of 4,381. Before her are Elisa, Ben Moody, Sirusho, Ivi Adamou, Jimmie Davis, and Jang Won-young. After her are Gillian Chung, Julie Covington, Sunmi, Harel Skaat, Roy Brown, and Jasmin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Shamshad Begum ranks 335. Before her are Phyllis Thaxter, Fenny Heemskerk, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, Norman Lane, Leopold Neumer, and Kaifi Azmi. After her are Johnny Carey, Kitty Wells, David Blackwell, Walt Hansgen, Mason Adams, and George Avakian. Among people deceased in 2013, Shamshad Begum ranks 474. Before her are Ilya Segalovich, Reg Presley, Sylvia Browne, Vladimir Vikulov, Peter Broadbent, and Marian McPartland. After her are Fred Martin, Eeva Ruoppa, Antonio Jasso, Jo Benkow, Stanisław Szozda, and Dale Robertson.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Shamshad Begum ranks 115 out of 217. Before her are Salima Ikram (1965), Iqbal Masih (1983), Sartaj Aziz (1929), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (1944), Yash Pal (1926), and Javed Iqbal (1961). After her are Asma Barlas (1950), Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (1931), Iqbal Theba (1963), Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951), Balakh Sher Mazari (1928), and Valerian Gracias (1900).

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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 Ghulam Ali (1940), Surinder Kaur (1929), Abida Parveen (1954), Nazia Hassan (1965), Ghazala Javed (1988), Atif Aslam (1983), Amjad Sabri (1970), and Hadiqa Kiani (1972).

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