SINGER

Gal Costa

1945 - 2022

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Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos; 26 September 1945 – 9 November 2022), known professionally as Gal Costa ([ɡaw ˈkɔs ta] ), was a Brazilian singer of popular music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gal Costa has received more than 556,488 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Gal Costa is the 358th most popular singer (up from 421st in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 147th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Brazilian Singer.

Gal Costa is most famous for her contributions to the Tropicalia movement, which revolutionized Brazilian music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She is known for her powerful and emotional voice, as well as for her innovative approach to music, which blended traditional Brazilian styles with rock, pop, and other genres.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Gal Costa ranks 358 out of 4,381. Before her are Kemal Monteno, Susan Boyle, Dusty Springfield, Jon Anderson, Salomé, and Linda Ronstadt. After her are Tarja Turunen, Peng Liyuan, Mango, Toby Keith, David Byron, and Cecilia Bartoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Gal Costa ranks 137. Before her are George Miller, Alain Juppé, Luis Ocaña, Yuen Woo-ping, Christine Kaufmann, and Radu Lupu. After her are Barbara Carrera, Junji Kawano, Robert Cialdini, Fusako Shigenobu, Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, and Jessye Norman. Among people deceased in 2022, Gal Costa ranks 109. Before her are Toshiki Kaifu, Bob Saget, Margit Korondi, Irene Cara, Radu Lupu, and Andy Fletcher. After her are Jozef Tomko, Hermann Nitsch, Ivan Reitman, Gary Brooker, Joseph Kittinger, and Paula Rego.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Gal Costa ranks 128 out of 2,236. Before her are Artur da Costa e Silva (1899), Tiradentes (1746), Carlos Pace (1944), Everaldo (1944), Clodoaldo (1949), and Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará (1875). After her are Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior (1954), Carlos José Castilho (1927), Baden Powell (1937), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Adriana Lima (1981), and Sérgio Mendes (1941).

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Among SINGERS In Brazil

Among singers born in Brazil, Gal Costa ranks 5. Before her are Astrud Gilberto (1940), Roberto Carlos (1941), Elis Regina (1945), and Loalwa Braz (1953). After her are Maria Bethânia (1946), Elza Soares (1930), Jorge Ben (1942), Naná Vasconcelos (1944), Luiz Gonzaga (1912), Adoniran Barbosa (1910), and Lisa Ono (1962).

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