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Demet Akalın

1972 - Today

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Demet Akalın (born 23 April 1972) is a Turkish singer and former model. Due to the popular songs she has released since the middle of the 2000s, she has become one of the most recognizable names of Turkish pop music. Akalın, who was born in Gölcük, Kocaeli, initially decided to pursue a career in modeling and started working as a model for Neşe Erberk's agency. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Demet Akalın has received more than 210,761 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Demet Akalın is the 2,300th most popular singer (down from 1,890th in 2019), the 1,141st most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 1,123rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Turkish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Demet Akalın ranks 2,300 out of 4,381Before her are Billy Boy Arnold, Gülşen, Wu Bai, Pankaj Udhas, Elize Ryd, and Damiano David. After her are Kate McGarrigle, Mary Wells, Diego el Cigala, Corey Hart, Maxi Priest, and Lúcia Moniz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Demet Akalın ranks 456Before her are Yūko Miyamura, Melissa Ponzio, Roberto Torres, Paolo Negro, Aleksandar Janković, and Taeko Kawasumi. After her are Hamza Abdi Barre, Michael Irby, Adel Sellimi, José Manuel Albares, Giorgio Di Centa, and Nataša Ninković.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Demet Akalın ranks 1,141 out of 1,347Before her are Süleyman Soylu (1969), Zeki Demirkubuz (1964), Taha Akgül (1990), Akın Akınözü (1990), Gülşen (1976), and Mehmet Okur (1979). After her are Merve Boluğur (1987), Aslı Tandoğan (1979), Rıza Kayaalp (1989), Berat Albayrak (1978), Ebru Özkan (1978), and Buğra Gülsoy (1982).

Among SINGERS In Türkiye

Among singers born in Türkiye, Demet Akalın ranks 27Before her are Candan Erçetin (1963), Nilüfer (1955), Ebru Gündeş (1974), Yıldız Tilbe (1966), Ayşegül Aldinç (1957), and Gülşen (1976). After her are Ceza (1976), Kâzım Koyuncu (1971), Aynur Doğan (1975), Can Bonomo (1987), Semiha Yankı (1958), and İzel (1969).