SINGER

Czesław Niemen

1939 - 2004

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Czesław Niemen (Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂɛswaf ˈɲɛmɛn]; born Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki; February 16, 1939 – January 17, 2004), often credited as just Niemen, was one of the most important and original Polish singer-songwriters and rock balladeers of the 20th century, singing mainly in Polish. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Czesław Niemen has received more than 273,954 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Czesław Niemen is the 554th most popular singer (down from 481st in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 71st in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Singer.

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  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Czesław Niemen ranks 554 out of 4,381Before him are Heidi Brühl, Tiny Tim, Renato Carosone, Afric Simone, Shania Twain, and Chubby Checker. After him are Nino Ferrer, Stephen Stills, Evert Taube, Adelina Patti, John Wetton, and DMX.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Czesław Niemen ranks 179Before him are Russell Means, Judy Chicago, Boris Kolker, Telesphore Toppo, R. Budd Dwyer, and Heinz Holliger. After him are Romualdo Arppi Filho, Pilar Bardem, Susannah York, Peppino di Capri, Marlena Shaw, and Lili Ivanova. Among people deceased in 2004, Czesław Niemen ranks 104Before him are Jean Lefebvre, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Chiang Fang-liang, Helmut Griem, Gordon Cooper, and Walter Frentz. After him are Artie Shaw, Alexandra Ripley, Fay Wray, Paul Winfield, Ann Miller, and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Czesław Niemen ranks 78 out of 368Before him are Chiang Fang-liang (1916), Maksim Bahdanovič (1891), Simon Dubnow (1860), Kirill of Turov (1130), January Suchodolski (1797), and Sergei Aleinikov (1961). After him are Kazimierz Łyszczyński (1634), Bella Rosenfeld (1889), Napoleon Orda (1807), Dawid Janowski (1868), Jan Czerski (1845), and Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876).

Among SINGERS In Belarus

Among singers born in Belarus, Czesław Niemen ranks 1After him are Alexander Rybak (1986), Alyona Lanskaya (1985), Anastasia Vinnikova (1991), Angelica Agurbash (1970), Teo (1983), Natalia Podolskaya (1982), Bianka (1985), Dmitry Koldun (1985), Petr Elfimov (1980), Nadine Koutcher (1983), and Ruslan Alekhno (1981).