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MUSICIAN

Vilayat Khan

1928 - 2004

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Ustad Vilayat Khan (28 August 1928[1] – 13 March 2004) was an Indian classical sitar player, considered by many to be the greatest sitarist of his age. Along with Imdad Khan, Enayat Khan, and Imrat Khan, he is credited with the creation and development of gayaki ang (a technique that emulates the vocal melisma of Hindustani classical music) on the sitar. He recorded his first 78-RPM disc at the age of and gave his last concert in 2004 at the age of 75. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilayat Khan has received more than 365,770 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Vilayat Khan is the 1,844th most popular musician (up from 1,974th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 38th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bangladeshi Musician.

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  • 370k

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  • 42.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Vilayat Khan ranks 1,844 out of 2,662Before him are Yuja Wang, Roy Bittan, Roger Miller, Jeremy Spencer, Merle Travis, and Edwin Hawkins. After him are Bang Chan, Richie Kotzen, Steve Rothery, Danny Carey, Rod Temperton, and Joe Lovano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Vilayat Khan ranks 450Before him are Nina Otkalenko, Douglas Rain, Jean E. Sammet, Buddy Van Horn, Kanu Sanyal, and Russell Mockridge. After him are Robert Byrne, René Vautier, Vanessa Brown, Jerry Bock, Udham Singh, and Clu Gulager. Among people deceased in 2004, Vilayat Khan ranks 252Before him are Robert Pastorelli, Raja Ramanna, Shirley Strickland, Alexey Korneyev, Lennart Strand, and Julius Sang. After him are Mulk Raj Anand, Jacek Kaczmarski, Nirupa Roy, Robert Bacher, Bill Pickering, and Alan King.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Vilayat Khan ranks 45 out of 57Before him are Pritilata Waddedar (1911), Moudud Ahmed (1940), Patrick D'Rozario (1943), Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909), Utpal Dutt (1929), and Mohammad Mohammadullah (1921). After him are Geeta Dutt (1930), Bimal Roy (1909), Irene Khan (1956), Runa Laila (1952), A. B. Bardhan (1924), and Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (1966).

Among MUSICIANS In Bangladesh

Among musicians born in Bangladesh, Vilayat Khan ranks 2Before him are S. D. Burman (1906).