SINGER

Elza Soares

1930 - 2022

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Elza da Conceição Soares (née Gomes; 23 June 1930 – 20 January 2022), known professionally as Elza Soares (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛwzɐ ˈswaɾis]), was a Brazilian samba singer. In 1999, she was named Singer of the Millennium along with Tina Turner by BBC Radio. Elza was deemed dangerous by the Military dictatorship in Brazil (1964–1985), and in 1970 her house in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, was machine-gunned by regime agents. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elza Soares has received more than 369,424 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Elza Soares is the 571st most popular singer (down from 251st in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 85th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Brazilian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Elza Soares ranks 571 out of 4,381. Before her are Dado Topić, Paul Robeson, Zinka Milanov, Camila Cabello, Doro, and Sayed Darwish. After her are Manolo Escobar, Claudio Villa, Maryla Rodowicz, Peppino di Capri, Marlena Shaw, and Jean Ferrat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Elza Soares ranks 192. Before her are Ahmad Jamal, Jordi Pujol, Frances Sternhagen, Aleksandar Matanović, Yuan Longping, and Yuri Artyukhin. After her are Jean Ferrat, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Pyotr Bolotnikov, Katherine Jackson, Walter Mischel, and John Barth. Among people deceased in 2022, Elza Soares ranks 158. Before her are Bujar Nishani, Richard Leakey, Leonardo Del Vecchio, Tekla Juniewicz, Mino Raiola, and Philip Baker Hall. After her are Bernd Bransch, Ivanka Khristova, Jimmy Wang Yu, Kunimitsu Takahashi, Birju Maharaj, and Patrick Demarchelier.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Elza Soares ranks 219 out of 2,236. Before her are Véra Clouzot (1913), Jair da Costa (1940), Diego Costa (1988), Romualdo Arppi Filho (1939), Domingos da Guia (1912), and Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (1841). After her are Carlos Marighella (1911), Jair da Rosa Pinto (1921), Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836), Tim (1915), Rubens de Falco (1931), and Hulk (1986).

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Among SINGERS In Brazil

Among singers born in Brazil, Elza Soares ranks 7. Before her are Astrud Gilberto (1940), Roberto Carlos (1941), Elis Regina (1945), Loalwa Braz (1953), Gal Costa (1945), and Maria Bethânia (1946). After her are Jorge Ben (1942), Naná Vasconcelos (1944), Luiz Gonzaga (1912), Adoniran Barbosa (1910), Lisa Ono (1962), and Flora Purim (1942).

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