MUSICIAN

Baaba Maal

1953 - Today

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Baaba Maal (Fula: 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤦𞤢 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤, born 13 June 1953) is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baaba Maal has received more than 452,322 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Baaba Maal is the 1,642nd most popular musician (up from 1,761st in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Senegal (down from 31st in 2019) and the most popular Senegalese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Baaba Maals by language

Over the past year Baaba Maal has had the most page views in the with 41,078 views, followed by French (19,548), and Spanish (2,618). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (25.25%), Bosnian (14.71%), and Southern Azerbaijani (12.66%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Baaba Maal ranks 1,642 out of 3,175. Before her are Arthur Lee, Roy Estrada, Ray Thomas, Ara Malikian, Iryna Bilyk, and Peter Buck. After her are Tomatito, Rob Bourdon, Richard Palmer-James, Ryo Kawasaki, Digital Underground, and Maxi Jazz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Baaba Maal ranks 383. Before her are Zigmantas Balčytis, Ján Babjak, Christine Pascal, Paulo Isidoro, Alexandr Romankov, and Adel Safar. After her are Angelo Parisi, Željko Jerkov, Albert Rust, Levir Culpi, Hana Laszlo, and Mohammed Waheed Hassan.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Baaba Maal ranks 32 out of 138. Before her are Ibrahim Ba (1973), Didier Raoult (1952), Habib Thiam (1933), Guirane N'Daw (1984), Birago Diop (1908), and Jacques Diouf (1938). After her are Khalilou Fadiga (1974), Ali Dia (1965), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928), Habib Koité (1958), Fatma Samoura (1962), and Idrissa Gueye (1989).

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Among MUSICIANS In Senegal

Among musicians born in Senegal, Baaba Maal ranks 1. 

Senegalese born Musicians

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