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MUSICIAN

Franco Battiato

1945 - 2021

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Francesco "Franco" Battiato (Italian: [ˈfraŋko batˈtjaːto, – battiˈaːto]; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, and have spanned genres such as experimental pop, electronic music, progressive rock, opera, symphonic music, movie soundtrack, oratorio and new wave. He was for decades one of the most popular singer-songwriters in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Battiato has received more than 478,742 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Franco Battiato is the 319th most popular musician (up from 435th in 2019), the 1,548th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,815th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Franco Battiato ranks 319 out of 2,662. Before him are Fred Durst, Ian Anderson, Isaac Hayes, Michael Schenker, Paul Desmond, and Djivan Gasparyan. After him are Woody Guthrie, Steve Vai, Salif Keita, Albert King, Scott McKenzie, and Ry Cooder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Franco Battiato ranks 100. Before him are Bob Gunton, Maud Adams, Anatoly Fomenko, Christoph Schönborn, Momčilo Krajišnik, and Angus Deaton. After him are Rita Pavone, Jeremy Rifkin, Jaclyn Smith, Gunther von Hagens, Micheline Calmy-Rey, and Yuen Woo-ping. Among people deceased in 2021, Franco Battiato ranks 116. Before him are Toshihide Maskawa, Nino Castelnuovo, Stephen Sondheim, Djivan Gasparyan, Marion Ramsey, and Kenneth Kaunda. After him are Christian Boltanski, Jimmy Greaves, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Dusty Hill, Yaphet Kotto, and Carmen Salinas.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Battiato ranks 1,548 out of 4,668. Before him are Bernardo Daddi (1290), Maria Celeste (1600), Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary (1261), Girolamo Riario (1443), Giovannino Guareschi (1908), and Damiano Damiani (1922). After him are Cicero Minor (-65), Valentina Cortese (1923), Giovanni Ceva (1647), Domenico Zipoli (1688), Charles II, Duke of Savoy (1488), and Serge Reggiani (1922).

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Among MUSICIANS In Italy

Among musicians born in Italy, Franco Battiato ranks 16. Before him are Lucio Dalla (1943), Romano Mussolini (1927), Mauro Giuliani (1781), Gianna Nannini (1954), Luigi Tenco (1938), and Matteo Carcassi (1792). After him are Domenico Alberti (1710), Leonardo De Lorenzo (1875), Guido Cantelli (1920), Salvatore Accardo (1941), Aldo Ciccolini (1925), and Lucio Battisti (1943).

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