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Basia

1954 - Today

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Barbara Stanisława "Basia" Trzetrzelewska (Polish: [ˈbaɕa tʂɛtʂɛˈlɛfska] ; born 30 September 1954), better known mononymously as Basia, is a Polish singer-songwriter and recording artist noted for her Latin-inspired jazz-pop music. She began singing professionally in various Polish bands from the late 1960s throughout the 1970s, then relocated to the UK in 1981. She rose to fame as a singer in the British trio Matt Bianco. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basia has received more than 689,638 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Basia is the 813th most popular singer (up from 938th in 2019), the 741st most popular biography from Poland (up from 781st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Singer.

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  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Basia ranks 813 out of 4,381. Before her are Gregg Allman, Hildegard Behrens, Lotte Lehmann, Patti LaBelle, Little Walter, and Naná Vasconcelos. After her are Bora Đorđević, Afrika Bambaataa, Serge Lama, Anneke Grönloh, Luis Fonsi, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Basia ranks 189. Before her are Derek Warwick, Trevor Francis, Cindy Breakspeare, Ricardo Bochini, Tony Todd, and Tallis Obed Moses. After her are Naguib Sawiris, Yoshiichi Watanabe, Jesús María Satrústegui, Thomas de Maizière, David Paich, and Jaume Bartumeu.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Basia ranks 741 out of 1,694. Before her are Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875), Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729), Salomėja Nėris (1904), Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907), Willibald Alexis (1798), and Gustav Adolf von Götzen (1866). After her are Marcin Bielski (1495), Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762), Jan Olszewski (1930), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), and Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1879).

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Among SINGERS In Poland

Among singers born in Poland, Basia ranks 5. Before her are Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915), Marek Grechuta (1945), Maryla Rodowicz (1945), and Miliza Korjus (1905). After her are Katja Ebstein (1945), Jan Kiepura (1902), Chava Alberstein (1946), Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Urszula Dudziak (1943), Anna Jantar (1950), and Jean de Reszke (1850).

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