The Most Famous
SINGERS from Ethiopia
This page contains a list of the greatest Ethiopian Singers. The pantheon dataset contains 3,528 Singers, 1 of which were born in Ethiopia. This makes Ethiopia the birth place of the 132nd most number of Singers behind British Virgin Islands and San Marino.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ethiopian Singers of all time. This list of famous Ethiopian Singers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Hachalu Hundessa (1986 - 2020)
With an HPI of 22.12, Hachalu Hundessa is the most famous Ethiopian Singer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Hachalu Hundessa (Oromo: Haacaaluu Hundeessaa Boonsaa; Amharic: ሃጫሉ ሁንዴሳ; 1986 – 29 June 2020) was an Ethiopian singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Hachalu played a significant role in the 2014–2016 Oromo protests that led to Abiy Ahmed taking charge of the Oromo Democratic Party and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, and subsequently becoming prime minister of Ethiopia in 2018.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as singers born between 1986 and 1986. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased singers include Hachalu Hundessa. As of April 2022, 1 new singers have been added to Pantheon including Hachalu Hundessa.
