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MUSICIAN

Angélique Kidjo

1960 - Today

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Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo (; born July 14, 1960) is a Beninese-French singer-songwriter, actress and activist noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Kidjo was born into a family of performing artists. Her father was a musician, and her mother worked as a choreographer and theatre director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angélique Kidjo has received more than 1,468,128 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Angélique Kidjo is the 891st most popular musician (up from 1,026th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Benin and the most popular Beninese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Angélique Kidjo ranks 891 out of 2,662Before her are Country Joe McDonald, Desmond Child, Emanuel Feuermann, Luiz Bonfá, Fatboy Slim, and Theodor Kullak. After her are Paul Chambers, Todd Rundgren, Neil Peart, Svend Asmussen, Corey Taylor, and Tommy Aldridge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Angélique Kidjo ranks 138Before her are Tommy Thayer, Benigno Aquino III, Tony Goldwyn, Richard Sammel, RuPaul, and Mohammad Javad Zarif. After her are Steve Bruce, Mehmet Oz, Isabel Coixet, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Richard Linklater, and Elizabeth Perkins.

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In Benin

Among people born in Benin, Angélique Kidjo ranks 11 out of 21Before her are Thomas Boni Yayi (1951), Hubert Maga (1916), Bernardin Gantin (1922), Patrice Talon (1958), Faure Gnassingbé (1966), and Sourou-Migan Apithy (1913). After her are Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (1917), Christophe Soglo (1909), Émile Derlin Zinsou (1918), Alphonse Alley (1930), Paul-Émile de Souza (1930), and Maurice Kouandété (1932).

Among MUSICIANS In Benin

Among musicians born in Benin, Angélique Kidjo ranks 1

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