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Shamshad Begum

1919 - 2013

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Shamshad Begum (Urdu: شمشاد بیگم, IAST: Śamśād Bēgam; 14 April 1919 – 23 April 2013) was an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Notable for her distinctive voice and range, she sang over 6,000 songs in Hindustani, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Punjabi languages, among which 1287 were Hindi film songs. She worked with renowned composers of the time, such as Ghulam Haider who first discovered her. She also worked with Naushad Ali and O. P. Nayyar, for whom she was one of their favorites. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shamshad Begum is the 2,631st most popular singer (down from 2,192nd in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 115th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Pakistani Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Shamshad Begum ranks 2,631 out of 4,381. Before her are Sunmi, Jari Sillanpää, Shaan, Jeon So-yeon, Emma Marrone, and Azad. After her are Elkie Brooks, Nicky Byrne, Mallikarjun Mansur, Big Daddy Kane, Katrin Siska, and Natasja Saad.

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Among people born in 1919, Shamshad Begum ranks 350. Before her are Stanley Middleton, George Avakian, Jayne Meadows, John Houbolt, Mason Adams, and Wally Hickel. After her are Steve Brodie, Janet Waldo, Beryl Reid, Es'kia Mphahlele, Mary Beth Hughes, and Wilfred Jacobs. Among people deceased in 2013, Shamshad Begum ranks 512. Before her are Antonia Bird, Allan Simonsen, Allen Lanier, Narendra Dabholkar, Malachi Throne, and Junior Murvin. After her are Hervé Boussard, Yasuhiro Yamada, Ivan Turina, Pavlos Fyssas, Chieko Honda, and Jack Clement.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Shamshad Begum ranks 148 out of 217. Before her are Yasmeen Lari (1941), Keshav Dutt (1925), Aafia Siddiqui (1972), Kuldip Nayar (1923), Noor Alam (1929), and Ramesh Sippy (1947). After her are Kulbhushan Kharbanda (1944), Suresh Oberoi (1946), Sartaj Aziz (1929), Meera (1977), Ram Jethmalani (1923), and Bina Rai (1931).

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Among SINGERS In Pakistan

Among singers born in Pakistan, Shamshad Begum ranks 6. Before her are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948), Ghulam Ali (1940), Surinder Kaur (1929), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), and Hadiqa Kiani (1972). After her are Abida Parveen (1954), Nazia Hassan (1965), Atif Aslam (1983), Amjad Sabri (1970), and Ghazala Javed (1988).

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