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Ali Farka Touré

1939 - 2006

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Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré (31 October 1939 – 6 March 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music blends traditional Malian music and its derivative, African American blues and is considered a pioneer of African desert blues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Farka Touré has received more than 745,236 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ali Farka Touré is the 494th most popular singer (down from 409th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Mali (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Malian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ali Farka Touré ranks 494 out of 4,381. Before him are Melanie, Gigi D'Agostino, Al Martino, Gundula Janowitz, Anette Olzon, and John Lydon. After him are Adolphe Nourrit, Halid Bešlić, Zaz, Freddy Quinn, Tim Staffell, and LP.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ali Farka Touré ranks 156. Before him are John Howard, Bertrand Blier, Janusz Gajos, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Vladimir Menshov, and Jason Miller. After him are Ignacio Zoco, Elvīra Ozoliņa, Frank Vincent, Donald Adamson, Veruschka von Lehndorff, and Karen Black. Among people deceased in 2006, Ali Farka Touré ranks 113. Before him are Marek Grechuta, P. F. Strawson, Malcolm Arnold, Basil Poledouris, Bismillah Khan, and Silva Kaputikyan. After him are Gérard Oury, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Joe Rosenthal, Carl Brashear, Elias Hrawi, and William Auld.

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In Mali

Among people born in Mali, Ali Farka Touré ranks 12 out of 72. Before him are Moussa Traoré (1936), Salif Keita (1949), Salif Keïta (1946), Alpha Oumar Konaré (1946), Bah Ndaw (1950), and Askia Mohammad I (1443). After him are Sonni Ali (1464), Dioncounda Traoré (1942), Jean Zerbo (1943), Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900), Seydou Keita (1980), and Boubacar Traoré (1942).

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Among SINGERS In Mali

Among singers born in Mali, Ali Farka Touré ranks 1. After him are Boubacar Traoré (1942), Oumou Sangaré (1968), Rokia Traoré (1974), Aya Nakamura (1995), and Inna Modja (1984).

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