1920 - 1999
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues GCSE, GCIH (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), better known as Amália Rodrigues (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈmaliɐ ʁuˈðɾiɣɨʃ]) or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese fadista (fado singer).She was known as the 'Rainha do Fado' ("Queen of Fado") and was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career. Amália remains the best-selling Portuguese artist in history. She advocated the restoration of the monarchy in Portugal. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amália Rodrigues has received more than 504,717 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Amália Rodrigues is the 62nd most popular singer (up from 77th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Singer.
Amália Rodrigues was a Portuguese singer who became famous in the 1950s and 1960s. She is most famous for her interpretations of fado music.
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Among singers, Amália Rodrigues ranks 62 out of 3,528. Before her are Jennifer Lopez, Kurt Cobain, Sarah Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, Eminem, and Carlos Gardel. After her are Rod Stewart, Salvatore Adamo, Víctor Jara, The Notorious B.I.G., Ian Gillan, and Klaus Meine.
1969 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 56
1967 - 1994
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 57
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 58
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 59
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 60
1890 - 1935
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 61
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 62
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 63
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 64
1932 - 1973
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 65
1972 - 1997
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 66
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 67
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 68
Among people born in 1920, Amália Rodrigues ranks 19. Before her are Paul Celan, Charlie Parker, Éric Rohmer, Melina Mercouri, Gianni Rodari, and Zecharia Sitchin. After her are Juan Antonio Samaranch, Traudl Junge, Montgomery Clift, Boris Vian, Owen Chamberlain, and Richard von Weizsäcker. Among people deceased in 1999, Amália Rodrigues ranks 10. Before her are Hussein of Jordan, Hassan II of Morocco, Mario Puzo, Joaquín Rodrigo, Pete Conrad, and Gertrude B. Elion. After her are Yehudi Menuhin, Raisa Gorbacheva, Wilt Chamberlain, Robert Bresson, Wassily Leontief, and Georgios Papadopoulos.
1920 - 1970
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 13
1920 - 1955
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 14
1920 - 2010
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 15
1920 - 1994
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 16
1920 - 1980
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 17
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 18
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 19
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 20
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 21
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 22
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 23
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 24
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 25
1935 - 1999
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 4
1929 - 1999
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 5
1920 - 1999
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 6
1901 - 1999
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 7
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 8
1918 - 1999
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 9
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 10
1916 - 1999
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 11
1932 - 1999
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 12
1936 - 1999
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 13
1901 - 1999
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 14
1906 - 1999
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 15
1919 - 1999
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 16
Among people born in Portugal, Amália Rodrigues ranks 28 out of 555. Before her are António Egas Moniz (1874), Afonso de Albuquerque (1453), John I of Portugal (1358), John III of Portugal (1502), Afonso V of Portugal (1432), and Manuel II of Portugal (1889). After her are John IV of Portugal (1604), John V of Portugal (1689), Peter I of Portugal (1320), Carlos I of Portugal (1863), Maria I of Portugal (1734), and John VI of Portugal (1767).
1874 - 1955
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 22
1453 - 1515
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 23
1358 - 1433
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 24
1502 - 1557
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 25
1432 - 1481
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 26
1889 - 1932
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 27
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 28
1604 - 1656
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 29
1689 - 1750
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 30
1320 - 1367
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 31
1863 - 1908
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 32
1734 - 1816
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 33
1767 - 1826
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 34
Among singers born in Portugal, Amália Rodrigues ranks 1. After her are Carmen Miranda (1909), Zeca Afonso (1929), Carlos do Carmo (1939), Mísia (1955), Dulce Pontes (1969), Simone de Oliveira (1938), Salvador Sobral (1989), Lio (1962), Paulo de Carvalho (1947), Carlos Mendes (1947), and Teresa Salgueiro (1969).
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 1
1909 - 1955
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 2
1929 - 1987
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 3
1939 - 2021
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 4
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 5
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 6
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 7
1989 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 8
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 11
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 12