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Carola Häggkvist

1966 - Today

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Carola Maria Häggkvist (Swedish pronunciation: [kaˈrôːla ˈhɛ̂ɡːkvɪst]; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as Carola, is a Swedish pop singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music. Her debut album, Främling (1983), sold around one million copies and remains the biggest-selling album in Swedish music history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carola Häggkvist has received more than 468,836 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Carola Häggkvist is the 836th most popular singer (up from 902nd in 2019), the 494th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 523rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Swedish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Carola Häggkvist ranks 836 out of 4,381. Before her are Andreas Vollenweider, B. J. Thomas, Francesca Cuzzoni, Melanie Thornton, Camillo Felgen, and Liam Payne. After her are Cat Power, Inger Jacobsen, Max Lorenz, Şivan Perwer, Maria Jeritza, and Jetty Paerl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Carola Häggkvist ranks 109. Before her are Rainn Wilson, Thomas Doll, Sergei Stanishev, Toby Jones, James Gunn, and Carolyn R. Bertozzi. After her are Freddy Rincón, Ben Miller, Inessa Kravets, Jonathan Edwards, Leon Lai, and Roberto Sensini.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carola Häggkvist ranks 494 out of 1,879. Before her are Agneta Andersson (1961), Jan Olsson (1944), Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866), Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783), Lena Endre (1955), and Ruben Östlund (1974). After her are Rudolf Svensson (1899), Gustaf Cederström (1845), Katarina Taikon (1932), Olle Hellbom (1925), Felix Hamrin (1875), and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100).

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Among SINGERS In Sweden

Among singers born in Sweden, Carola Häggkvist ranks 25. Before her are Christina Nilsson (1843), Malena Ernman (1970), Dead (1969), E-Type (1965), Björn Skifs (1947), and Ingvar Wixell (1931). After her are Tommy Körberg (1948), Alexander Bard (1961), Neneh Cherry (1964), Kikki Danielsson (1952), Elisabeth Söderström (1927), and Günther (1967).

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