MUSICIAN

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 as one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim merged Samba with Cool jazz in the 1960s to create Bossa nova, with worldwide success. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antônio Carlos Jobim has received more than 1,708,262 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Antônio Carlos Jobim is the 75th most popular musician (down from 74th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 25th 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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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Antônio Carlos Jobim ranks 75 out of 3,175. Before him are Dean Martin, Jamiroquai, Robert Fripp, Jon Lord, Pablo de Sarasate, and Richard Clayderman. After him are Paco de Lucía, Yehudi Menuhin, Robert Johnson, Iggy Pop, Giorgio Moroder, and Steven Van Zandt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Antônio Carlos Jobim ranks 16. Before him are Peter Falk, Vladimir Komarov, Mstislav Rostropovich, Turgut Özal, K. Alex Müller, and László Kubala. After him are Kim Young-sam, Sidney Poitier, Lawrence Kohlberg, Albert Uderzo, Janet Leigh, and Niklas Luhmann. Among people deceased in 1994, Antônio Carlos Jobim ranks 21. Before him are Burt Lancaster, Andrei Chikatilo, Harry Nilsson, Melina Mercouri, Kurt Cobain, and Mas Oyama. After him are Léon Degrelle, Paul Feyerabend, Jan Tinbergen, Dorothy Hodgkin, Guy Debord, and Paul Delvaux.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Antônio Carlos Jobim ranks 30 out of 2,236. Before him are Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), Djalma Santos (1929), Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Paulo Freire (1921), Romário (1966), and Maria II of Portugal (1819). After him are Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), Roberto Carlos (1973), Nelson Piquet (1952), Nílton Santos (1925), Sebastião Salgado (1944), and Rivaldo (1972).

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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), Chico Buarque (1944), Baden Powell (1937), Sérgio Mendes (1941), Milton Nascimento (1942), Toquinho (1946), Rita Lee (1947), Nelson Freire (1944), and Hermeto Pascoal (1936).

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