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Diamanda Galás

1955 - Today

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Diamanda Galás (born August 29, 1955) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and visual artist. She has campaigned for AIDS education and the rights of the infected. Galás's commitment to addressing social issues and her involvement in collective action has made her concentrate on themes such as AIDS, mental illness, despair, loss of dignity, political injustice, historical revisionism, and war crimes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diamanda Galás has received more than 777,509 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Diamanda Galás is the 1,443rd most popular musician (up from 1,471st in 2019), the 7,253rd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,386th in 2019) and the 519th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 780k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Diamanda Galás ranks 1,443 out of 3,175. Before her are Janis Ian, Luther Allison, Jay Kay, Sonny Clark, Terje Rypdal, and Emppu Vuorinen. After her are Alan Clark, Oscar Pettiford, Maynard James Keenan, Nuno Bettencourt, Larry Graham, and Issay Dobrowen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Diamanda Galás ranks 319. Before her are Zbigniew Rau, Chen Quanguo, Susan Dougan, David Twohy, K. Eric Drexler, and Yitang Zhang. After her are Ali Bencheikh, John Hinckley Jr., Aires Ali, Kane Hodder, Richard Hilton, and Anne Lacaton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Diamanda Galás ranks 7,253 out of 20,380. Before her are David Dastmalchian (1977), C. Gordon Fullerton (1936), Yasmine Bleeth (1968), George Inness (1825), Oliver Ellsworth (1745), and Edith McGuire (1944). After her are Garret Dillahunt (1964), Marco Beltrami (1966), Buddy Hackett (1924), Ellsworth Huntington (1876), Joyce Van Patten (1934), and Alan Dean Foster (1946).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Diamanda Galás ranks 519. Before her are Hubert Sumlin (1931), Slim Harpo (1924), Nat Adderley (1931), Janis Ian (1951), Luther Allison (1939), and Sonny Clark (1931). After her are Oscar Pettiford (1922), Maynard James Keenan (1964), Larry Graham (1946), Buddy DeFranco (1923), Joseph Williams (1960), and David Tudor (1926).

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