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Celia Cruz

1925 - 2003

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Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname "La Guarachera de Cuba". In the following decades, she became known internationally as the "Queen of Salsa" due to her contributions to Latin music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Celia Cruz has received more than 4,757,941 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Celia Cruz is the 167th most popular singer (down from 124th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 13th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Cuban Singer.

Celia Cruz is most famous for being a singer, dancer, actress, and TV show host.

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  • 4.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Celia Cruz ranks 167 out of 3,528. Before her are Alessandro Moreschi, Birgit Nilsson, Eduard Khil, Engelbert Humperdinck, Anatoliy Solovianenko, and Ivan Rebroff. After her are Ben E. King, Charles Trenet, Beniamino Gigli, İbrahim Tatlıses, Barbara Strozzi, and Chris Rea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Celia Cruz ranks 62. Before her are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jean Tinguely, Ieng Sary, Michele Ferrero, Alain Touraine, and Juan Alberto Schiaffino. After her are Frei Otto, Dick Van Dyke, Claude Lanzmann, Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, and Hilda Gadea. Among people deceased in 2003, Celia Cruz ranks 35. Before her are Zoran Đinđić, David Dacko, Horst Buchholz, Bernard Katz, Bertram Brockhouse, and Alberto Sordi. After her are Frank Sheeran, Edgar F. Codd, Franco Corelli, Denis Thatcher, Leslie Cheung, and Roberto Bolaño.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Celia Cruz ranks 15 out of 248. Before her are Andy García (1956), Alberto Korda (1928), Compay Segundo (1907), Gloria Estefan (1957), Ibrahim Ferrer (1927), and Juan Almeida Bosque (1927). After her are Emilio Mola (1887), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), Alicia Alonso (1920), Omara Portuondo (1930), and Javier Sotomayor (1967).

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Among SINGERS In Cuba

Among singers born in Cuba, Celia Cruz ranks 3. Before her are Gloria Estefan (1957) and Ibrahim Ferrer (1927). After her are Omara Portuondo (1930), Pérez Prado (1916), Mongo Santamaría (1917), Silvio Rodríguez (1946), Rita Marley (1946), Pablo Milanés (1943), Laurel Aitken (1927), Benny Moré (1919), and Camila Cabello (1997).

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