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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 hugely 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 399,713 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Daniel Balavoine is the 902nd most popular singer (up from 972nd in 2019), the 3,601st most popular biography from France (down from 3,528th in 2019) and the 60th most popular French Singer.

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  • 400k

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  • 49.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Daniel Balavoine ranks 902 out of 3,528Before him are Viorica Ursuleac, Lizzo, Max Romeo, Johnny Nash, Bunny Wailer, and Tommy Körberg. After him are Tony Martin, Maria Jeritza, Björn Skifs, Carola Häggkvist, Bora Đorđević, and Gitte Hænning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Daniel Balavoine ranks 240Before him are Jorge Fossati, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Luka Peruzović, Bruno Giacomelli, Mona Hatoum, and Roseanne Barr. After him are Wolfgang Rihm, Adi Shamir, Gregory David Roberts, Shelley McNamara, Dominique Mamberti, and Bora Đorđević. Among people deceased in 1986, Daniel Balavoine ranks 144Before him are Fumiko Enchi, Lars-Erik Larsson, Gaston Defferre, Beryl Markham, Ernst Lehner, and Juan Carlos Corazzo. After him are V. C. Andrews, Ruth Teitelbaum, Annemarie Selinko, Agustín Sauto Arana, Murray Hamilton, and Ernst Haas.

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In France

Among people born in France, Daniel Balavoine ranks 3,601 out of 6,011Before him are Paul Taffanel (1844), Mathilda May (1965), Pierre Étaix (1928), Henri Dutrochet (1776), Emmanuel Frémiet (1824), and Peire Cardenal (1180). After him are Catherine Frot (1956), Jean Rotrou (1609), Konrad Pellikan (1478), Lucien Gaudin (1886), Guillaume Faye (1949), and Emma Mackey (1996).

Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Daniel Balavoine ranks 60Before him are Hugues Aufray (1929), Blondel de Nesle (1155), Michel Delpech (1946), Wolfgang Windgassen (1914), Serge Lama (1943), and Gérard Lenorman (1945). After him are Alain Bashung (1947), Adolphe Nourrit (1802), Célestine Galli-Marié (1840), Viktor Lazlo (1960), Jean Philippe (1931), and Pierre Gaveaux (1761).