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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

1973 - Today

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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Punjabi: راحت فتح علی خان, Punjabi pronunciation: [ɾɑːɦət̪ fəte(ɦ) əliː xɑːn]; born 9 December 1974) is a Pakistani Punjabi singer, primarily Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music. Khan is one of the most popular and highest paid singers in Pakistan. He is the nephew of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan and grandson of Qawwali singer Fateh Ali Khan In addition to Qawwali, he also performs ghazals and other light music. He is also well-known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema and the Pakistan film industry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is the 1,769th most popular musician (up from 2,807th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 160th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan ranks 1,769 out of 3,175. Before him are Nobuko Imai, Shelly Manne, Hugh Hopper, Lucky Dube, Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga, and Mike Mills. After him are Chuck Mangione, Rick Allen, Glenn Cornick, Camilla Wicks, Yegor Letov, and José Antonio Labordeta.

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Among people born in 1973, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan ranks 240. Before him are Lene Nystrøm, Hiroki Matsubara, Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Richart Báez, Cédric Villani, and James Haven. After him are Aílton, Song Yoon-ah, Nanako Matsushima, Stephen Dorff, Kouta Hirano, and Victoria Zdrok.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan ranks 103 out of 217. Before him are Shahid Khan (1950), Shaukat Aziz (1949), Shekhar Kapur (1945), Margaret Lockwood (1916), Raaj Kumar (1926), and Javed Iqbal (1961). After him are Valerian Gracias (1900), Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (1950), Asma Jahangir (1952), Bhisham Sahni (1915), Manorama (1926), and Parveen Shakir (1952).

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Among MUSICIANS In Pakistan

Among musicians born in Pakistan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan ranks 1. 

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