MUSICIAN

Franco Luambo

1938 - 1989

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François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi (6 July 1938 – 12 October 1989) was a Congolese singer, guitarist, songwriter, bandleader, and cultural revolutionary. He was a central figure in 20th-century Congolese and African music, principally as the bandleader for over 30 years of TPOK Jazz, the most popular and influential African band of its time and arguably of all time. He is referred to as Franco Luambo or simply Franco. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Luambo has received more than 259,739 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Franco Luambo is the 1,401st most popular musician (down from 1,289th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Musician.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Franco Luambo ranks 1,401 out of 3,175. Before him are Reinhold Mack, Aynsley Dunbar, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Jaromír Nohavica, Grandmaster Flash, and Henry Padovani. After him are George Winston, Allauddin Khan, Mary Travers, Henry Litolff, Dave Navarro, and Utada Hikaru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Franco Luambo ranks 403. Before him are Gavino Ledda, Verna Bloom, Hariprasad Chaurasia, John Smith, Reni Santoni, and Eve Kivi. After him are Frans van der Lugt, Ron Ely, Aydin Ibrahimov, Aleksandar Kozlina, Viktor Kosichkin, and Viktor Konovalenko. Among people deceased in 1989, Franco Luambo ranks 213. Before him are Roy Eldridge, Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Ernst Andersson, Erik Persson, Laurie Cunningham, and Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston. After him are Edgar Sanabria, Cláudio Santoro, Bas Paauwe, Ray McAnally, Aileen Pringle, and Sirarpie Der Nersessian.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Franco Luambo ranks 24 out of 107. Before him are Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (1930), Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960), Joseph Iléo (1921), Sylvestre Ilunga (1947), Marie Myriam (1957), and Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962). After him are Mwepu Ilunga (1949), Koffi Olomide (1956), Dikembe Mutombo (1966), Cyrille Adoula (1921), Sony Lab'ou Tansi (1947), and José Bosingwa (1982).

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Among MUSICIANS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among musicians born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Franco Luambo ranks 1. 

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