SINGER

Brigitte Fontaine

1939 - Today

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Brigitte Fontaine, (born 24 June 1939) is a singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry, and world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brigitte Fontaine has received more than 195,233 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Brigitte Fontaine is the 660th most popular singer (up from 769th in 2019), the 3,013th most popular biography from France (up from 3,293rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Brigitte Fontaine ranks 660 out of 4,381Before her are Rick Parfitt, Sinan Sakić, Al Green, Ljuba Welitsch, Maria Farantouri, and Sam Hui. After her are Camilo Sesto, Barbara Hendricks, Rosemary Clooney, Naomi Shemer, Maria Severa Onofriana, and Titta Ruffo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Brigitte Fontaine ranks 204Before her are Brenda Vaccaro, John Tong Hon, Branko Kostić, Dick Scobee, Jerry Brudos, and Nông Đức Mạnh. After her are Paul Gleason, James Fox, Ole Ellefsæter, Carmen Salinas, Samantha Eggar, and Yves Meyer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Brigitte Fontaine ranks 3,013 out of 6,770Before her are Armand Louis de Gontaut (1747), István Nyers (1924), André Glucksmann (1937), Charles Tournemire (1870), Petrus de Cruce (1300), and Didier Auriol (1958). After her are Manuel Amoros (1962), Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (1282), Paul Lévy (1886), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), Marie-Denise Villers (1774), and Jules Simon (1814).

Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Brigitte Fontaine ranks 45Before her are Christophe (1945), Alexis Korner (1928), Jean Ferrat (1930), Isabelle Aubret (1938), Michel Berger (1947), and Roberto Alagna (1963). After her are Fud Leclerc (1924), Renaud (1952), Pierre Gaveaux (1761), Edita Piekha (1937), Indila (1984), and Hugues Aufray (1929).