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Abida Parveen

1954 - Today

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Abida Parveen (Sindhi: عابده پروين‎; Urdu: عابدہ پروین; born 20 February 1954) is a Pakistani singer, composer, musician of Sufi music, painter and an entrepreneur. Parveen is one of the highest-paid singers in Pakistan. Her singing and music have earned her many accolades, and she has been dubbed the Queen of Sufi music. Born and raised in Larkana into a Sindhi Sufi family, she was trained by her father, Ustad Ghulam Haider, who was a famous singer and music teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abida Parveen is the 2,836th most popular singer (up from 2,909th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 149th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Pakistani Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Abida Parveen ranks 2,836 out of 4,381. Before her are Raquel del Rosario, Idan Raichel, Anna Semenovich, Glennis Grace, Anita Tsoy, and Manizha. After her are Ana Carolina, Dan Smith, Jessica Sutta, Nazia Hassan, Pastora Soler, and Kim Petras.

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Among people born in 1954, Abida Parveen ranks 708. Before her are Ben Barres, Silvia Chivás, Jerry Moran, Ken Olin, Alvan Adams, and Gale Norton. After her are Dafydd Williams, Mark Linn-Baker, Moon Moon Sen, Mitch Kupchak, Greg Ginn, and Phil Bryant.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Abida Parveen ranks 158 out of 217. Before her are Meera (1977), Ram Jethmalani (1923), Bina Rai (1931), Hamid Mir (1966), Fahmida Mirza (1956), and Imran Abbas (1977). After her are Nazia Hassan (1965), Yash Pal (1926), Salma Agha (1956), Shahbaz Bhatti (1968), Baitullah Mehsud (1974), and Iqbal Theba (1963).

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Among SINGERS In Pakistan

Among singers born in Pakistan, Abida Parveen ranks 7. Before her are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948), Ghulam Ali (1940), Surinder Kaur (1929), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), Hadiqa Kiani (1972), and Shamshad Begum (1919). After her are Nazia Hassan (1965), Atif Aslam (1983), Amjad Sabri (1970), and Ghazala Javed (1988).

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