1919 - 2012
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 865,308 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Chavela Vargas is the 200th most popular singer (down from 184th 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.
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Among singers, Chavela Vargas ranks 200 out of 3,528. Before her are Drake, Udo Jürgens, Sam Cooke, Mariska Veres, Lara Fabian, and Mario Del Monaco. After her are Giuseppe Di Stefano, Cass Elliot, Kyu Sakamoto, Lola Flores, Kenny Rogers, and Tom Morello.
1986 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 194
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 195
1931 - 1964
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 196
1947 - 2006
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 197
1970 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 198
1915 - 1982
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 199
1919 - 2012
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 200
1921 - 2008
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 201
1941 - 1974
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 202
1941 - 1985
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 203
1923 - 1995
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 204
1938 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 205
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 206
Among people born in 1919, Chavela Vargas ranks 45. Before her are Jackie Robinson, Hermine Braunsteiner, Pete Seeger, Oleg Penkovsky, Iris Murdoch, and César Manrique. After her are James Lovelock, Georges Duby, Lauri Törni, Martin Balsam, Art Blakey, and William Lipscomb. Among people deceased in 2012, Chavela Vargas ranks 51. Before her are Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, E. Donnall Thomas, Rodney King, Lucio Dalla, Erland Josephson, and Chadli Bendjedid. After her are F. Sherwood Rowland, Hebe Camargo, Carl Woese, Harry Harrison, William Standish Knowles, and Ben Gazzara.
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 39
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 40
1919 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 41
1919 - 1963
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 42
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 43
1919 - 1992
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 44
1919 - 2012
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 45
1919 - 2022
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 46
1919 - 1996
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 47
1919 - 1965
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 48
1919 - 1996
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 49
1919 - 1990
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 50
1919 - 2011
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 51
1918 - 2012
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 45
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 46
1965 - 2012
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 47
1943 - 2012
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 48
1923 - 2012
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 49
1929 - 2012
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 50
1919 - 2012
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 51
1927 - 2012
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 52
1929 - 2012
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 53
1928 - 2012
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 54
1925 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 55
1917 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 56
1930 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 57
Among people born in Costa Rica, Chavela Vargas ranks 2 out of 104. Before her are Óscar Arias (1940). After her are José Figueres Ferrer (1906), Keylor Navas (1986), Laura Chinchilla (1959), Abel Pacheco (1933), Franklin Chang Díaz (1950), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940), José María Figueres (1954), Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), and Adolfo Díaz (1875).
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 1
1919 - 2012
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 2
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 3
1986 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 5
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 6
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 8
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 9
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 10
1900 - 1960
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 11
1875 - 1964
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 12
Among singers born in Costa Rica, Chavela Vargas ranks 1.