1935 - Today
Nouhad Wadie' Haddad (Arabic: نهاد وديع حداد; born November 20, 1934), known as Fairuz (Arabic: فيروز), also spelled Fairouz, Feyrouz or Fayrouz, is a Lebanese singer. She is considered by many as one of the leading vocalists and most famous singers in the history of the Arab world. Fairuz is considered the musical icon of Lebanon, and popularly known as "the soul of Lebanon"[9], comparable to Edith Piaf in France, Elvis Presley in the United States and Lys Assia in Switzerland.Fairuz began her musical career as a teenager at the national radio station in Lebanon in the late 1940s as a chorus member. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fairuz has received more than 1,235,798 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Fairuz is the 75th most popular singer (up from 100th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Lebanese Singer.
Fairuz is most famous for her voice and singing style.
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Among singers, Fairuz ranks 75 out of 3,541. Before her are Ian Gillan, Billie Holiday, Johnny Hallyday, Florence Foster Jenkins, Karel Gott, and Bonnie Tyler. After her are Miriam Makeba, Amália Rodrigues, Steven Tyler, Nancy Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Domenico Modugno.
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 69
1915 - 1959
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 70
1943 - 2017
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 71
1868 - 1944
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 72
1939 - 2019
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 73
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 74
1935 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 75
1932 - 2008
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 76
1920 - 1999
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 77
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 78
1940 - Present
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 79
1903 - 1977
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 80
1928 - 1994
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 81
Among people born in 1935, Fairuz ranks 24. Before her are Kenzaburō Ōe, Edward Said, Françoise Sagan, Theo Angelopoulos, John Cazale, and Ágota Kristóf. After her are Bibi Andersson, Omar Sívori, Faisal II of Iraq, Mercedes Sosa, Mirella Freni, and Gherman Titov.
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 18
1935 - 2003
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 19
1935 - 2004
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 20
1935 - 2012
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 21
1935 - 1978
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 22
1935 - 2011
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 23
1935 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 24
1935 - 2019
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 25
1935 - 2005
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 26
1935 - 1958
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 27
1935 - 2009
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 28
1935 - 2020
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 29
1935 - 2000
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 30
Among people born in Lebanon, Fairuz ranks 12 out of 119. Before her are Ahab (-900), Keanu Reeves (1964), Porphyry (233), Rafic Hariri (1944), Charbel Makhlouf (1828), and Christina of Bolsena (210). After her are Ulpian (170), Amin Maalouf (1949), Émile Lahoud (1936), Hiram I (-1000), Eusebius of Nicomedia (280), and Rashid Rida (1865).
900 BC - 852 BC
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 6
1964 - Present
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 7
233 - 305
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 8
1944 - 2005
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 9
1828 - 1898
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 10
210 - 304
HPI: 74.34
Rank: 11
1935 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 12
170 - 228
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 13
1949 - Present
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 14
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 15
1000 BC - 935 BC
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 16
280 - 341
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 17
1865 - 1935
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 18
Among singers born in Lebanon, Fairuz ranks 1. After her are Sabah (1927), Gazebo (1960), Wadih El Safi (1921), Nancy Ajram (1983), Majida El Roumi (1956), Elissa (1972), Maher Zain (1981), Layal Abboud (1982), Najwa Karam (1966), Cyrine Abdelnour (1977), and Nawal Al Zoghbi (1971).
1935 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 1
1927 - 2014
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 2
1960 - Present
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 3
1921 - 2013
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 4
1983 - Present
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 5
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 6
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 7
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 8
1982 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 10
1977 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 11
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 12