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Nazia Hassan

1965 - 2000

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Nazia Hassan (3 April 1965 – 13 August 2000) was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, lawyer, political analyst, and philanthropist. Widely known as the "Queen of South Asian Pop,” she is regarded as one of the most influential musical figures in South Asian history and is the subcontinent's first ever pop star. Starting in the 1980s, as part of the duo Nazia and Zoheb, she and her brother Zoheb Hassan, have sold over 65 million records worldwide. Hassan made her singing debut with the song "Aap Jaisa Koi", which appeared in the Indian film Qurbani in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Nazia Hassan is the 2,913th most popular singer (up from 2,997th in 2024), the 159th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Pakistani Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Nazia Hassan ranks 2,912 out of 4,381. Before her are Daigo, Abida Parveen, Ana Carolina, Dan Smith, and Jessica Sutta. After her are Pastora Soler, Kim Petras, Elina Nechayeva, Ivi Adamou, Klavdia, Faudel, and Barbara Acklin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Nazia Hassan ranks 829. Before her are Mike O'Brien, Flávio Campos, Bertalan Hajtós, Sabrina Goleš, Nobuhiro Ueno, and Carlos Mayor. After her are Frank Bello, Emanuele Crialese, Andrew J. Feustel, Ilija Trojanow, Günther Huber, and Andreas Stähle. Among people deceased in 2000, Nazia Hassan ranks 377. Before her are David Dukes, Wilf Mannion, Alan Cranston, Phil Katz, Cătălin Hîldan, and Shay Brennan. After her are Jerome Richardson, Bekzat Sattarkhanov, Mel Carnahan, Usha Kiran, Sandra Schmitt, and Monster of Florence.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Nazia Hassan ranks 159 out of 217. Before her are Ram Jethmalani (1923), Bina Rai (1931), Hamid Mir (1966), Fahmida Mirza (1956), Imran Abbas (1977), and Abida Parveen (1954). After her are Yash Pal (1926), Salma Agha (1956), Shahbaz Bhatti (1968), Baitullah Mehsud (1974), Iqbal Theba (1963), and Hussain Shah (1964).

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Among SINGERS In Pakistan

Among singers born in Pakistan, Nazia Hassan ranks 8. Before her are Ghulam Ali (1940), Surinder Kaur (1929), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), Hadiqa Kiani (1972), Shamshad Begum (1919), and Abida Parveen (1954). After her are Atif Aslam (1983), Amjad Sabri (1970), Sanam Marvi (1986), and Ghazala Javed (1988).

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