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Alaska

1963 - Today

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Olvido Gara Jova (born June 13, 1963), known professionaly as Alaska, is a Spanish-Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, television host and DJ. She was born and raised in Mexico City, where she spent her first ten years, until she moved to Spain with her family. In Spain, she was a guitarist in the group Kaka de Luxe, until 1979, when she became the vocalist and composer of Alaska y los Pegamoides, a group with which she reached her first number one thanks to "Bailando", acquiring great recognition at a national level and in some Spanish-speaking countries. From 1983, she was the vocalist and composer of Alaska y Dinarama; group with which she continued releasing albums that reached a wide popularity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alaska has received more than 26,879,709 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Alaska is the 1,780th most popular singer (down from 1,545th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 297th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Mexican Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Alaska ranks 1,780 out of 4,381. Before her are Clementina de Jesus, Charlie Daniels, Benjamin Biolay, Mary Ford, Jan Peerce, and Teresa Salgueiro. After her are Jay Park, Richard Cheese, DJ Yella, Charlie McGettigan, Lize Marke, and Maurane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Alaska ranks 415. Before her are Mats Magnusson, Christopher Heyerdahl, Semih Kaplanoğlu, Gavin Hood, Masuyo Shiraishi, and Rıza Çalımbay. After her are Nicollette Sheridan, Anouk Grinberg, Pepe Mel, Spud Webb, José Basualdo, and Rocky Carroll.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Alaska ranks 348 out of 729. Before her are Juan de Salcedo (1549), Henry Eyring (1901), Ignacio Calderón (1943), Miguel Alcubierre (1964), Alfonso Zamora (1954), and Gabriel Núñez (1942). After her are Alfonso Herrera (1983), Benito Archundia (1966), Joaquín Capilla (1928), Susana González (1973), Jesús Castro (1908), and Felipe Rosas (1910).

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Among SINGERS In Mexico

Among singers born in Mexico, Alaska ranks 12. Before her are Lila Downs (1968), Marco Antonio Solís (1959), Paulina Rubio (1971), María Grever (1885), Anahí (1983), and Dulce María (1985). After her are Alejandro Fernández (1971), Cristian Castro (1974), Valentín Elizalde (1979), Natalia Lafourcade (1984), Patricia Manterola (1972), and Christopher von Uckermann (1986).

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