MUSICIAN

Goran Bregović

1950 - Today

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Goran Bregović (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Бреговић; born 22 March 1950) is a recording artist born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic speaking countries in the Balkans, and one of the few former Yugoslav musicians who has performed at major international venues such as Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall and L'Olympia. A Sarajevo native, Bregović started out with the bands Kodeksi and Jutro, but rose to prominence as the main creative mind and lead guitarist of Bijelo Dugme, widely considered one of the most popular and influential recording acts ever to exist in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Goran Bregović has received more than 1,153,130 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Goran Bregović is the 47th most popular musician (up from 78th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Musician.

Goran Bregović is a Serbian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is most famous for his work on the soundtracks for Emir Kusturica's films, including Time of the Gypsies, Arizona Dream, Underground, and Black Cat, White Cat.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Goran Bregović ranks 47 out of 3,175. Before him are André Rieu, Maria Anna Mozart, Ronnie James Dio, Syd Barrett, Miles Davis, and Martha Argerich. After him are B.B. King, Isaac Albéniz, Victor Borge, Pablo Casals, Bruce Springsteen, and Jimmy Page.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Goran Bregović ranks 9. Before him are Zaha Hadid, Jay Leno, Sergey Lavrov, Agnetha Fältskog, Steve Wozniak, and Abdullah Gül. After him are Vicente del Bosque, Stevie Wonder, Ed Harris, Robbie Coltrane, Jim Mattis, and Steven Van Zandt.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Goran Bregović ranks 7 out of 375. Before him are Gavrilo Princip (1894), Ivo Andrić (1892), Ratko Mladić (1942), Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1505), Alija Izetbegović (1925), and Ante Pavelić (1889). After him are Emir Kusturica (1954), Valerius Severus (300), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), Slobodan Praljak (1945), and Vladimir Prelog (1906).

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Among MUSICIANS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among musicians born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Goran Bregović ranks 1. After him are Jadranka Stojaković (1950), Duško Gojković (1931), and Tomo Miličević (1979).

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