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Antônio Carlos Jobim

1927 - 1994

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Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (Portuguese pronunciation: [tõ ʒoˈbĩ] ), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim internationalized bossa nova and, with the help of important American artists, merged it with jazz in the 1960s to create a new sound, with popular success. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antônio Carlos Jobim has received more than 1,614,892 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Antônio Carlos Jobim is the 74th most popular musician (down from 64th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Musician.

Antônio Carlos Jobim is most famous for his bossa nova compositions, and the song "The Girl from Ipanema."

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  • 67.39

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  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Antônio Carlos Jobim ranks 74 out of 2,662. Before him are André Rieu, Syd Barrett, Jon Lord, Amir Khusrow, Cosima Wagner, and Alexander Glazunov. After him are Cliff Burton, Iggy Pop, Mstislav Rostropovich, Goran Bregović, Paco de Lucía, and Yehudi Menuhin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Antônio Carlos Jobim ranks 15. Before him are Sidney Poitier, Samuel P. Huntington, Peter Falk, Vladimir Komarov, Lawrence Kohlberg, and Turgut Özal. After him are Mstislav Rostropovich, Kim Young-sam, László Kubala, Niklas Luhmann, Albert Uderzo, and Juliette Gréco. Among people deceased in 1994, Antônio Carlos Jobim ranks 18. Before him are Burt Lancaster, Andrei Chikatilo, Giulietta Masina, Kurt Cobain, Léon Degrelle, and Melina Mercouri. After him are John Wayne Gacy, Paul Feyerabend, Mas Oyama, Guy Debord, George Peppard, and Dorothy Hodgkin.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Antônio Carlos Jobim ranks 25 out of 2,067. Before him are João Havelange (1916), Vavá (1934), Michel Temer (1940), Nelson Piquet (1952), Ronaldinho (1980), and Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948). After him are Getúlio Vargas (1882), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), Ronaldo (1976), and Romário (1966).

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Among MUSICIANS In Brazil

Among musicians born in Brazil, Antônio Carlos Jobim ranks 1. After him are João Gilberto (1931), Caetano Veloso (1942), Gilberto Gil (1942), Nelson Freire (1944), Chico Buarque (1944), Sérgio Mendes (1941), Milton Nascimento (1942), Baden Powell (1937), Toquinho (1946), Zequinha de Abreu (1880), and Hermeto Pascoal (1936).

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