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France Gall

1947 - 2018

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Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French yé-yé singer. In 1965, at the age of 17, she won the tenth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", representing Luxembourg. Later in her career, she became known for her work with singer-songwriter Michel Berger, whom she married in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of France Gall has received more than 1,654,876 page views. Her biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). France Gall is the 81st most popular singer (up from 86th in 2019), the 553rd most popular biography from France (up from 614th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Singer.

France Gall is most famous for her song "Poupee de cire, poupee de son" ("Wax Doll, Rag Doll") which was a hit in 1965.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, France Gall ranks 81 out of 4,381. Before her are The Notorious B.I.G., Fairuz, Morrissey, Diana Ross, Karel Gott, and Anna Magdalena Bach. After her are Gwen Stefani, Klaus Meine, Johnny Hallyday, Rihanna, Alla Pugacheva, and Françoise Hardy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, France Gall ranks 27. Before her are Takeshi Kitano, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Paco de Lucía, Michael Porter, and O. J. Simpson. After her are Iggy Pop, Carlos Santana, Robert Kiyosaki, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, Glenn Close, and Farrah Fawcett. Among people deceased in 2018, France Gall ranks 17. Before her are Miloš Forman, Amos Oz, Isao Takahata, John McCain, Philip Roth, and Stephen Hillenburg. After her are Paul Bocuse, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Peter Grünberg, Hubert de Givenchy, Billy Graham, and Ursula K. Le Guin.

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In France

Among people born in France, France Gall ranks 553 out of 6,770. Before her are Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Michel Piccoli (1925), Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), Éric Rohmer (1920), Jules Michelet (1798), and René Laennec (1781). After her are Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Louise de La Vallière (1644), Maurice Utrillo (1883), Rashi (1040), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), and Suger (1080).

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Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, France Gall ranks 6. Before her are Édith Piaf (1915), Charles Aznavour (1924), Serge Gainsbourg (1928), Mireille Mathieu (1946), and Carlos Gardel (1890). After her are Johnny Hallyday (1943), Françoise Hardy (1944), Gilbert Bécaud (1927), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (1974), Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737), and Manu Chao (1961).

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