Music has become an integral part of the life of Indian people and many singers in our India have made significant contribution in the field of music. Today we will take a look at the top 10 most popular singers in India (male or female) who have been ranked highest in Pantheon’s 2020 Historical Popularity Index (HPI).
The 10 Greatest Indian Singers of All Time
This article contains a list of the greatest Indian Singers. The pantheon dataset contains 3,541 Singers, 43 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 13th most number of Singers behind Canada and Norway.
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Indian Singers of all time. This list of famous Indian Singers is sorted by Pantheon’s Historical Popularity Index (HPI) of 2020, which is a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
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The 10 Most Popular Singers in India
10. Hemanta Kumar (HPI : 57.88)
With an Historical Popularity Index (HPI) of 57.88, Hemanta Kumar is the 10th most famous Indian Singer. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages of Wikipedia.
Hemant Kumar (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989) was an Indian singer and composer who sang in Bengali, Hindi and other Indian languages like Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Assamese, Tamil, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Konkani, Sanskrit and Urdu. He was an artist of Bengali and Hindi film music, Rabindra Sangeet, and many other songs.
Singers of India
From July 2015 to August 2021, the English Wikipedia page of Hemant Kumar has received more than 800,000 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. According to the Historical Popularity Index (HPI), Hemant Kumar is the 1,272nd most popular singer, India’s 518th most popular person and the 10th most popular Indian Singer.
9. Ali Akbar Khan (HPI : 57.94)
With an HPI of 57.94, Ali Akbar Khan is the 9th most famous Indian Singer. His biography has been translated into 29 different languages of Wikipedia.
Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 1922 – 18 June 2009) was an Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Trained as a classical musician and instrumentalist by his father, Allauddin Khan, he also composed numerous classical ragas and film scores.
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From July 2015 to August 2021, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Akbar Khan has received 413,611 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. According to the Historical Popularity Index (HPI), Ali Akbar Khan is the 1,258th most popular singer, India’s 515th most popular person and the 9th most popular Indian Singer.
8. Bhimsen Joshi (HPI : 59.32)
With an Historical Popularity Index of 59.32, Bhimsen Joshi is the 8th most famous Indian Singer. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages of Wikipedia.
Bhimsen Joshi (4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011) was one of the greatest Indian vocalists from Karnataka, in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs). Bhimsen Joshi, a legend belongs to the Kirana gharana tradition of Hindustani Classical Music.
Top 10 Best Indian Singers
From July 2015 to August 2021, the English Wikipedia page of Bhimsen Joshi has received 945,279 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. According to the Historical Popularity Index (HPI), Bhimsen Joshi is the 1,064th most popular singer, India’s 455th most popular person and the 8th most popular Indian Singer.
7. Manna Dey (HPI : 60.02)
With an Historical Popularity Index of 60.02, Manna Dey is the 7th most famous Indian Singer. His biography has been translated into 31 different languages of Wikipedia.
Manna Dey (1 May 1919 − 24 October 2013) was an internationally acclaimed Indian playback singer, music director, musician and Indian classical vocalist. As a classical vocalist, he belonged to the Bhendibazaar gharana. He was trained under Ustad Aman Ali Khan. He is considered one of the most versatile and celebrated vocalists of the Hindi film industry.
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From July 2015 to August 2021, the English Wikipedia page of Manna Dey has received 1,052,981 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. According to the Historical Popularity Index (HPI), Manna Dey is the 965th most popular singer, India’s 420th most popular person and the 7th most popular Indian Singer.
6. M. S. Subbulakshmi (HPI : 60.88)
With an HPI of 60.88, M. S. Subbulakshmi is the 6th most famous Indian Singer. Her biography has been translated into 28 different languages of Wikipedia.
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award in 1974 with the citation reading “Exacting purists acknowledge Srimati M. S. Subbulakshmi as the leading exponent of classical and semi-classical songs in the carnatic tradition of South India. She is one of the Top 10 Best Indian Singers.
5. Kumar Sanu (HPI : 61.00)
With an Historical Popularity Index of 61.00, Kumar Sanu is the 5th most famous Indian Singer. His biography has been translated into 29 different languages of Wikipedia.
Kumar Sanu (born 20 October 1957) is an Indian playback singer. He is famous for singing thousands of Bollywood Hindi songs. Apart from Hindi, he has also sang in other languages including Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia, Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali, both in West Bengal and Bangladesh. He is one of the Top 10 Best Indian Singers.
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From July 2015 to August 2021, the English Wikipedia page of Kumar Sanu has received 4,304,122 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. According to the Historical Popularity Index (HPI), Kumar Sanu is the 847th most popular singer, India’s 383rd most popular person and the 5th most popular Indian Singer.
4. Kishore Kumar (HPI : 62.48)
With an HPI of 62.48, Kishore Kumar is the 4th most famous Indian Singer. His biography has been translated into 40 different languages of Wikipedia.
Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He was one of the most popular singers in the Indian film industry and from soft numbers to peppy tracks to romantic moods, Kumar sang in different genres but some of his rare compositions which were considered classics were lost in time. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of Indian music.
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From July 2015 to August 2021, the English Wikipedia page of Kishore Kumar has received 8,571,260 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. According to the Historical Popularity Index (HPI), Kishore Kumar is the 696th most popular singer, India’s 326th most popular person and the 4th most popular Indian Singer.
3. Asha Bhosle (HPI : 63.70)
With an Historical Popularity Index of 63.70, Asha Bhosle is the 3rd most famous Indian Singer. Her biography has been translated into 46 different languages of Wikipedia.
Asha Bhosle (born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer and entrepreneur. She is best known for her playback singing in Hindi cinema, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle’s career started in 1943 and has spanned over seven decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand movies. In 2006, Asha Bhosle stated that she had sung over 12,000 songs, a figure repeated by several other sources.
Best Singers in India
From July 2015 to August 2021, the English Wikipedia page of Asha Bhosle has received 5,561,527 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. According to the Historical Popularity Index (HPI), Asha Bhosle is the 566th most popular singer, India’s 274th most popular person and the 3rd most popular Indian Singer.
2. Mohammed Rafi (HPI : 64.81)
With an HPI of 64.81, Mohammed Rafi is the 2nd most famous Indian Singer. His biography has been translated into 49 different languages of Wikipedia.
Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian film playback singer. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and range of voice; his songs varied from fast peppy numbers to patriotic songs, sad numbers to highly romantic songs, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans to classical songs.
Most popular singers in India
From July 2015 to August 2021, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammed Rafi has received 4,329,963 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. According to the Historical Popularity Index (HPI), Mohammed Rafi is the 463rd most popular singer, India’s 227th most popular person and the 2nd most popular Indian Singer.
1. Lata Mangeshkar (HPI : 68.56)
With an Historical Popularity Index of 68.56, Lata Mangeshkar is the most famous Indian Singer. Her biography has been translated into 69 different languages of Wikipedia.
Lata Mangeshkar (28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer, music composer and philanthropist. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singer in India. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning seven decades gained her honorific titles such as the “Queen of Melody”, “Nightingale of India”, and “Voice of the Millennium”. Lata recorded songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and a few foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi, Hindi, and Bengali.
From July 2015 to August 2021, the English Wikipedia page of Lata Mangeshkar has received 13,890,682 page views. Her biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia. According to the Historical Popularity Index (HPI), Lata Mangeshkar is the 224th most popular singer, India’s 124th most popular person and the most popular Indian Singer.
Sources
- pantheon/profile/occupation/singer/country/india
- pantheon.world/rankings/SINGER
- pageviews/en.wikipedia/singers
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