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Vani Jairam

1945 - 2023

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Vani Jairam (born Kalaivani; 30 November 1945 – 4 February 2023) was an Indian playback singer in Indian cinema. She is fondly referred to as the "Meera of modern India" Vani's career started in 1971 and has spanned over five decades. She did playback for over one thousand Indian movies recording over 20,000 songs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vani Jairam has received more than 1,325,860 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Vani Jairam is the 2,232nd most popular singer (up from 2,294th in 2019), the 830th most popular biography from India (down from 805th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Indian Singer.

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  • 1.3M

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  • 37.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Vani Jairam ranks 2,232 out of 3,528Before her are Levi Stubbs, Kurt Nilsen, Kurtis Blow, Siriporn Ampaipong, Hani, and Kim Ryeo-wook. After her are Niamh Kavanagh, Eva Rivas, Aurela Gaçe, Kathy Kirby, Sonya Yoncheva, and Fedez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Vani Jairam ranks 552Before her are Philippa Marrack, Mike Mullane, Subhash Ghai, Daniel Rudisha, Frank Hansen, and Carl Robie. After her are P. Chidambaram, Annie Dillard, Mohamed Osman Jawari, Aparna Sen, Ray LaHood, and Shekhar Mehta. Among people deceased in 2023, Vani Jairam ranks 386Before her are Heath, Dick Savitt, François Bracci, Bert I. Gordon, Bob Knight, and John Devitt. After her are Remigijus Valiulis, Evelyn Boyd Granville, Hossein Shahabi, Dean Smith, Patricia Bredin, and Paweł Huelle.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vani Jairam ranks 830 out of 1,493Before her are Vikram Batra (1974), Kanan Devi (1916), Irfan Habib (1931), Tarun Gogoi (1936), Mandakini (1963), and Joseph Parecattil (1912). After her are P. Chidambaram (1945), Rahat Indori (1950), Norman Pritchard (1877), Naushad (1919), Sania Mirza (1986), and Sonal Mansingh (1944).

Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Vani Jairam ranks 25Before her are Jagjit Singh (1941), Bappi Lahiri (1952), Hemanta Mukherjee (1920), Begum Akhtar (1914), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), and Mahendra Kapoor (1934). After her are Gauhar Jaan (1873), Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958), Arijit Singh (1987), Usha Uthup (1947), Parveen Sultana (1950), and Reshma (1947).