SINGER

Chavela Vargas

1919 - 2012

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Chavela Vargas (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃaˈβela ˈβaɾɣas]; born María Isabel Anita Carmen de Jesús Vargas Lizano; 17 April 1919 – 5 August 2012) was a Costa Rican-born Mexican singer, she gained widespread recognition for her distinctive interpretations of Mexican rancheras. However, her impact extends beyond this genre, encompassing various styles within popular Latin American music. An influential interpreter, Vargas left a legacy on both the Americas and Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chavela Vargas has received more than 908,860 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Chavela Vargas is the 216th most popular singer (down from 200th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Costa Rica and the most popular Costa Rican Singer.

Chavela Vargas is a famous Mexican singer who is most famous for her songs about love, death, and the Mexican Revolution.

Memorability Metrics

  • 910k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Chavela Vargas ranks 216 out of 4,381. Before her are Asmahan, Kris Kristofferson, Caterina Valente, Mylène Farmer, Boris Christoff, and Etta James. After her are George Benson, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Vicky Leandros, Teresa Berganza, Mario Del Monaco, and George Strait.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Chavela Vargas ranks 49. Before her are Charles Sweeney, Abdel Hakim Amer, Godfrey Hounsfield, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Siad Barre, and Donald J. Cram. After her are Martin Balsam, William Lipscomb, Joseph Murray, Daniel Bell, Mohamed Boudiaf, and Ashraf Pahlavi. Among people deceased in 2012, Chavela Vargas ranks 61. Before her are Chadli Bendjedid, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Herbert Lom, Ben Gazzara, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., and Etta James. After her are Rodney King, Helmut Haller, Bingu wa Mutharika, Joseph Murray, Harry Harrison, and Renato Dulbecco.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, Chavela Vargas ranks 2 out of 134. Before her are Óscar Arias (1940). After her are Keylor Navas (1986), Felicia Montealegre Bernstein (1922), Laura Chinchilla (1959), Christiana Figueres (1956), Abel Pacheco (1933), Adolfo Díaz (1875), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), Rodrigo Chaves Robles (1961), Giannina Facio (1955), and Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900).

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Among SINGERS In Costa Rica

Among singers born in Costa Rica, Chavela Vargas ranks 1. 

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