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Abdel Halim Hafez

1929 - 1977

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Abdel Halim Ali Shabana (Arabic: عبد الحليم علي شبانة), commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez (Arabic: عبد الحليم حافظ, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ʕæbd el ħæliːm ħɑːfɪzˤ]) (21 June 1929 – 30 March 1977), was an Egyptian singer, actor, conductor, businessman, music teacher and film producer. Abdel Halim is considered to be one of the greatest Egyptian musicians of his era, along with Umm Kulthum, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Farid Al Atrach, Mohamed Fawzi, and Shadia. As his popularity grew, he was given the nickname 'el-Andaleeb el-Asmar (Arabic: العندليب الأسمر), meaning The Dark-Skinned Nightingale. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdel Halim Hafez has received more than 858,939 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Abdel Halim Hafez is the 197th most popular musician (up from 244th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 212th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Musician.

Abdel Halim Hafez is most famous for his music.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Abdel Halim Hafez ranks 197 out of 3,175. Before him are Roger Whittaker, Dr. Alban, Claudio Arrau, Paolo Conte, Gene Simmons, and Joni Mitchell. After him are Wilhelm Kempff, Ike Turner, Willie Nelson, Kitarō, Amy Winehouse, and Nikolai Rubinstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Abdel Halim Hafez ranks 76. Before him are Ágnes Heller, George Steiner, Albert Azaryan, Imelda Marcos, Mike Hawthorn, and Andriyan Nikolayev. After him are Pierre Brice, Jean Simmons, George Stinney, Hebe Camargo, Yozo Aoki, and E. O. Wilson. Among people deceased in 1977, Abdel Halim Hafez ranks 34. Before him are Edgar Adrian, Peter Finch, Gudrun Ensslin, Groucho Marx, Sergey Ilyushin, and James Jones. After him are Ali Shariati, Clementine Churchill, Steve Biko, Francis Gary Powers, Gangubai Kothewali, and Alia Al-Hussein.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Abdel Halim Hafez ranks 188 out of 642. Before him are Al-Ashraf Khalil (1260), Menelaus of Alexandria (70), Basilides (117), Psusennes II (-1100), Al-Tahawi (853), and Intef III (-2050). After him are Tewfik Pasha (1852), Merit-Ptah (-2700), Amenhotep, son of Hapu (-1420), Al-Adid (1149), Al-Maqrizi (1364), and John Philoponus (490).

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Among MUSICIANS In Egypt

Among musicians born in Egypt, Abdel Halim Hafez ranks 1. After him are Sylvain Sylvain (1951), and Tamer Hosny (1977).

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