SINGER

Dalida

1933 - 1987

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Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (Italian: [joˈlanda kriˈstiːna dʒiʎˈʎɔtti]; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was a French singer and actress, born in Egypt to Italian parents. Leading an international career, Dalida has sold over 140 million records worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dalida has received more than 3,304,843 page views. Her biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Dalida is the 15th most popular singer (down from 10th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Singer.

Dalida is most famous for her songs in the 1950s and 1960s. She was also a singer, actress, and fashion icon.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dalidas by language

Over the past year Dalida has had the most page views in the with 703,192 views, followed by English (407,302), and Italian (263,416). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Slovak (215.53%), Greek (207.89%), and Urdu (162.05%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Dalida ranks 15 out of 4,381Before her are Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Toto Cutugno, Charles Aznavour, Tina Turner, Julio Iglesias, and David Bowie. After her are Adriano Celentano, Frank Sinatra, Jim Morrison, Joan Baez, Demis Roussos, and Tupac Shakur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Dalida ranks 5Before her are Akihito, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Garrincha, and Roman Polanski. After her are Karl Lagerfeld, Montserrat Caballé, Yoko Ono, Lina Medina, Michael Caine, Tinto Brass, and Claudio Abbado. Among people deceased in 1987, Dalida ranks 3Before her are Andy Warhol, and Rudolf Hess. After her are Carl Rogers, Primo Levi, John Howard Northrop, Louis de Broglie, Gunnar Myrdal, Rita Hayworth, Marguerite Yourcenar, Fred Astaire, and Thomas Sankara.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Dalida ranks 24 out of 642Before her are Hosni Mubarak (1928), Amenhotep III (-1403), Imhotep (-2800), Hagar (-1800), Rudolf Hess (1894), and Hero of Alexandria (10). After her are Nefertari (-1290), Moses in Islam (-1392), Demis Roussos (1946), Khafra (-2550), Khufu (-2700), and Ay (-1380).

Among SINGERS In Egypt

Among singers born in Egypt, Dalida ranks 1After her are Demis Roussos (1946), Umm Kulthum (1898), Georges Moustaki (1934), Claude François (1939), Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1901), Amr Diab (1961), Leila Mourad (1918), Sayed Darwish (1892), Gohar Gasparyan (1924), Richard Anthony (1938), and Guy Béart (1930).