MUSICIAN

Chico Buarque

1944 - Today

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Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil. The firstborn son of Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived at several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chico Buarque has received more than 558,728 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Chico Buarque is the 255th most popular musician (up from 302nd in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Brazil (up from 90th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Brazilian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chico Buarque ranks 255 out of 3,175. Before him are Georges Prêtre, Consuelo Velázquez, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Peter Tosh, Beck, and Wanda Landowska. After him are Bob Klose, Toots Thielemans, Henryk Szeryng, Karl Jenkins, Heinrich Neuhaus, and Paul Stanley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Chico Buarque ranks 104. Before him are Keith Emerson, Jeroen Krabbé, Sondra Locke, Ren Zhengfei, Peter Tosh, and Brian Tracy. After him are Geneviève Grad, Karl Jenkins, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, Patrick Depailler, Charles Sobhraj, and Bo Larsson.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Chico Buarque ranks 81 out of 2,236. Before him are Vicente Feola (1909), Zumbi (1655), Ernesto Geisel (1907), Dida (1973), Fernanda Montenegro (1929), and Reinaldo Arenas (1943). After him are Leonardo Boff (1938), Tancredo Neves (1910), Marcelo (1988), Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939), Deco (1977), and Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948).

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Among MUSICIANS In Brazil

Among musicians born in Brazil, Chico Buarque ranks 5. Before him are Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927), João Gilberto (1931), Caetano Veloso (1942), and Gilberto Gil (1942). After him are Baden Powell (1937), Sérgio Mendes (1941), Milton Nascimento (1942), Toquinho (1946), Rita Lee (1947), Nelson Freire (1944), and Hermeto Pascoal (1936).

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