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The Most Famous

SINGERS from Peru

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This page contains a list of the greatest Peruvian Singers. The pantheon dataset contains 3,528 Singers, 4 of which were born in Peru. This makes Peru the birth place of the 81st most number of Singers behind Kazakhstan and Tunisia.

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Peruvian Singers of all time. This list of famous Peruvian Singers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Yma Sumac (1923 - 2008)

With an HPI of 65.48, Yma Sumac is the most famous Peruvian Singer.  Her biography has been translated into 43 different languages on wikipedia.

Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo (born Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo; September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008), known as Yma Sumac (or Imma Sumack), was a Peruvian-born vocalist, composer, producer, actress and model. She won a Guinness World Record for the Greatest Range of Musical Value in 1956. "Ima sumaq" means "how beautiful" in Quechua. She has also been called Queen of Exotica and is considered a pioneer of world music. Her debut album, Voice of the Xtabay (1950), peaked at number one in the Billboard 200, selling a million of copies in the United States, and its single, "Virgin of the Sun God (Taita Inty)", reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming an international success in the 1950s. Albums like Legend of the Sun Virgin (1952), Fuego del Ande (1959) and Mambo! (1955), were other successes. In 1951, Sumac became the first Latin American female singer to debut on Broadway. In "Chuncho (The Forest Creatures)" (1953), she developed her own technical singing, named "double voice" or "triple coloratura". At the same time, she performed in the Carnegie Hall and Lewisohn Stadium. In 1960 she became the first Latin American woman to get a phonograph record star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Afterwards she toured around the Soviet Union, selling more than 20 million tickets. According to Variety in 1974, Sumac had more than 3,000 concerts "covering the entire globe", breaking any previous records by a performer. V listed her as one of the 9 international fashion icons of all times in 2010. She has sold over 40 million records, which makes her the best-selling Peruvian singer in history.

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2. Juan Diego Flórez (1973 - )

With an HPI of 48.29, Juan Diego Flórez is the 2nd most famous Peruvian Singer.  His biography has been translated into 28 different languages.

Juan Diego Flórez (born Juan Diego Flórez Salom, January 13, 1973) is a Peruvian operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas. On June 4, 2007, he received his country's highest decoration, the Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Sun of Peru.

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3. Betty Missiego (1938 - )

With an HPI of 44.15, Betty Missiego is the 3rd most famous Peruvian Singer.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Beatriz Teresa Missiego Campos (born 16 January 1938 in Lima, Peru) better known as Betty Missiego (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbeti miˈsjeɣo]) is a Peruvian singer, who has held dual Spanish citizenship since 1972 and lives in Spain. She represented Peru at the OTI Festival 1972 with the song "Recuerdos de un adiós" placing ninth and she represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with "Su canción" placing second.

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4. Immortal Technique (1978 - )

With an HPI of 29.34, Immortal Technique is the 4th most famous Peruvian Singer.  His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper and activist. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics, from a radical left-wing perspective. Immortal Technique seeks to retain control over his production, and has stated in his music that record companies, not artists themselves, profit the most from mass production and marketing of music. He claimed in an interview to have sold close to a combined total of 200,000 copies of his first three official releases.

Pantheon has 4 people classified as singers born between 1923 and 1978. Of these 4, 3 (75.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living singers include Juan Diego Flórez, Betty Missiego, and Immortal Technique. The most famous deceased singers include Yma Sumac. As of April 2022, 1 new singers have been added to Pantheon including Betty Missiego.

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