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Jagjit Singh

1941 - 2011

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Jagjit Singh (born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman; 8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011) was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was relevant to the masses and composing them in a way that laid more emphasis on the meaning of words and melody evoked by them. In terms of Indian classical music, his style of composing and gayaki (singing) is considered as Bol-pradhan, one that lays emphasis on words. He highlighted this in his music for films such as Prem Geet (1981), Arth (1982), and Saath Saath (1982), and TV serials Mirza Ghalib (1988) and Kahkashan (1991). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jagjit Singh is the 1,778th most popular singer (down from 844th in 2019), the 817th most popular biography from India (down from 440th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jagjit Singh ranks 1,778 out of 4,381. Before him are Clodagh Rodgers, Lucinda Williams, Nicky Jam, Jonny Jakobsen, Sonny Terry, and Eva Dahlgren. After him are Loleatta Holloway, John Paul Young, Flo Rida, Paul Carrack, Claes-Göran Hederström, and Natalie Dessay.

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Among people born in 1941, Jagjit Singh ranks 545. Before him are Irina Petrescu, Viktor Putyatin, Ulf Sterner, Helga Niessen Masthoff, Takao Sakurai, and Bobby Hutcherson. After him are Rubén Correa, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Karlo Stipanić, Gordon Tootoosis, and Meinhard Nehmer. Among people deceased in 2011, Jagjit Singh ranks 395. Before him are Roger Gautier, Walter Giller, David Hess, Ellen Winther, Carl Robie, and Filoimea Telito. After him are Loleatta Holloway, Barbara Kent, Elisabeth Sladen, Ray Bryant, Sun Axelsson, and Carlos Torres.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jagjit Singh ranks 817 out of 1,861. Before him are Sachin Tendulkar (1973), S. M. Krishna (1932), J. H. C. Whitehead (1904), Sudeep (1973), Vijay Mallya (1955), and Radhanath Sikdar (1813). After him are Cornelia Sorabji (1866), P. T. Usha (1964), M. K. Stalin (1953), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), Roshanara Begum (1617), and Bakht Khan (1797).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Jagjit Singh ranks 20. Before him are Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Hemanta Mukherjee (1920), Girija Devi (1929), K. J. Yesudas (1940), Udit Narayan (1955), and Ali Akbar Khan (1922). After him are Parveen Sultana (1950), Peter Sarstedt (1941), Basanti Bisht (1953), Begum Akhtar (1914), Dipali Barthakur (1941), and Pratima Barua Pandey (1934).

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