SINGER

Đorđe Balašević

1953 - 2021

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Đorđe Balašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Балашевић; 11 May 1953 – 19 February 2021) was a Serbian singer and songwriter, writer, poet and director. He began his career in the late 1970s as a member of the band Rani Mraz, transitioning after two albums to a solo career. He first gained mainstream prominence for writing Rani Mraz's hit "Računajte na nas" (Count on Us), which was often described as an anthem of a generation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Đorđe Balašević has received more than 595,048 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Đorđe Balašević is the 330th most popular singer (up from 385th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Serbia (up from 100th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Serbian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Đorđe Balašević ranks 330 out of 4,381. Before him are Karen Carpenter, Peter Green, Sarah Brightman, Youssou N'Dour, Hank Williams, and Marc Bolan. After him are Loalwa Braz, Alpha Blondy, Natalia Oreiro, Connie Francis, Black, and Dave Evans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Đorđe Balašević ranks 78. Before him are Bill Pullman, Jadranka Kosor, Mary Steenburgen, Tchéky Karyo, Tony Shalhoub, and Dominique de Villepin. After him are Loalwa Braz, Alpha Blondy, Frances Conroy, Valery Gergiev, Najib Razak, and Dave Evans. Among people deceased in 2021, Đorđe Balašević ranks 97. Before him are Djivan Gasparyan, Lars Vilks, Leopoldo Luque, Yaphet Kotto, Franco Battiato, and Norodom Ranariddh. After him are Didier Ratsiraka, Mira Furlan, Max Mosley, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Viktor Bryukhanov, and Christian Boltanski.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Đorđe Balašević ranks 92 out of 661. Before him are Šaban Šaulić (1951), Nadežda Petrović (1873), Dragiša Cvetković (1893), Koča Popović (1908), Radivoj Korać (1938), and Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia (1819). After him are Mirjana Marković (1942), Miloš Milutinović (1933), Željko Obradović (1960), Duško Popov (1912), Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), and Filip Vujanović (1954).

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Among SINGERS In Serbia

Among singers born in Serbia, Đorđe Balašević ranks 2. Before him are Šaban Šaulić (1951). After him are Ceca (1973), Šaban Bajramović (1936), Sinan Sakić (1956), Lola Novaković (1935), Dragana Mirković (1968), Bora Đorđević (1952), Jelena Karleuša (1978), Marija Šerifović (1984), Emina Jahović (1982), and Goran Karan (1964).

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