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Daniel Balavoine

1952 - 1986

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Daniel Xavier-Marie Balavoine (French pronunciation: [danjɛl ɡzavje maʁi balavwan]; 5 February 1952 – 14 January 1986) was a French singer and songwriter. He was popular in the French-speaking world in the early 1980s; he inspired many singers of his generation such as Jean-Jacques Goldman, Michel Berger, who was his closest friend, as well as the Japanese pop-rock group Crystal King. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Balavoine has received more than 426,298 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Daniel Balavoine is the 998th most popular singer (down from 898th in 2019), the 3,894th most popular biography from France (down from 3,585th in 2019) and the 66th most popular French Singer.

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  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Daniel Balavoine ranks 998 out of 4,381Before him are Manuel García, LL Cool J, Larin Paraske, Reba McEntire, Charli XCX, and Nicky Hopkins. After him are Sandra Kim, Licia Albanese, Jimi Jamison, Miyuki Nakajima, Bleona, and Peter Pears.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Daniel Balavoine ranks 281Before him are John Lurie, Jan Raas, Johnny Thunders, Benito Floro, Sandra Kalniete, and Kurban Berdyev. After him are Dumitru Prunariu, Miyuki Nakajima, Cristóbal López Romero, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Wolfgang Rihm, and Morgan Tsvangirai. Among people deceased in 1986, Daniel Balavoine ranks 156Before him are Bessie Love, Henry Russell, Len Bias, Adolf Brudes, Agustín Sauto Arana, and Juan Carlos Corazzo. After him are Gaston Defferre, Ernst Haas, Peter Pears, V. C. Andrews, Nils Ramm, and Carlo Biagi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Daniel Balavoine ranks 3,894 out of 6,770Before him are Victor Massé (1822), Philippe Mexès (1982), Yvette Chauviré (1917), Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867), Éléonore de Roye (1535), and Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy (1018). After him are Gaston Defferre (1910), Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932), René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1694), Jean Broc (1771), Gaucelm Faidit (1170), and Jean Stablinski (1932).

Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Daniel Balavoine ranks 66Before him are Gérard Lenorman (1945), Julie d'Aubigny (1670), Alain Bashung (1947), Fréhel (1891), Michèle Arnaud (1919), and Célestine Galli-Marié (1840). After him are Wolfgang Windgassen (1914), Michèle Torr (1947), Mathé Altéry (1927), Désirée Artôt (1835), Hortense Schneider (1833), and Marcel Amont (1929).