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Anoushka Shankar

1981 - Today

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Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (Bengali pronunciation: [onuʃka ʃɔŋkor]; born 9 June 1981) is a British-American sitar player and musician of Indian descent, as well as an occasional writer and actress. She performs across multiple genres and styles—classical and contemporary, acoustic and electronic. In addition to releasing seven solo studio albums beginning with Anoushka (1998), she has also worked alongside a wide variety of musicians, including Karsh Kale on the full-length collaboration Breathing Under Water (2007) and her father Ravi Shankar. She has received fourteen Grammy Awards nominations and was the first musician of Indian origin to perform live and to serve as a presenter at the ceremony. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 42 in 2024). Anoushka Shankar is the 2,810th most popular singer (down from 2,574th in 2024), the 6,581st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,233rd in 2019) and the 261st most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Anoushka Shankar ranks 2,810 out of 4,381. Before her are Medina, Vittorio Grigolo, Kristine Opolais, Mon Laferte, Anuel AA, and Mark Forster. After her are Frances Langford, Christina Chanée, Parg, Teoman, Marina Satti, and Kalomira.

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Among people born in 1981, Anoushka Shankar ranks 495. Before her are Alessandro Gamberini, Tomohisa Ishiguro, John Boyd, Brandon Flowers, Jaime Penedo, and Mia Hansen-Løve. After her are Raúl Entrerríos, Chiwa Saitō, Kristin Størmer Steira, Katharine Isabelle, Oh Jin-hyek, and Servet Çetin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anoushka Shankar ranks 6,583 out of 8,785. Before her are Adam Armstrong (1997), Khalid Abdalla (1980), Leslie Ward (1851), Jonny Brownlee (1990), Pete Shelley (1955), and Najla El Mangoush (1973). After her are Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880), Brendan Foster (1948), Alistair Petrie (1970), Paul Kaye (1964), Wes Morgan (1984), and Elyes Gabel (1983).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Anoushka Shankar ranks 261. Before her are Toyah Willcox (1958), Perrie Edwards (1993), Mark E. Smith (1957), Ian Bostridge (1964), Stefflon Don (1991), and Maddy Prior (1947). After her are Ella Henderson (1996), Poly Styrene (1957), 21 Savage (1992), Lee Ryan (1983), Dan Smith (1986), and Wiley (1979).

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