MUSICIAN

Gustavo Cerati

1959 - 2014

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Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clarke (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an Argentine musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, who gained international recognition for being the leader, vocalist, composer and guitarist of the rock band Soda Stereo. He is widely considered by critics, specialized press and musicians as one of the most important and influential artists of Latin rock. Billboard magazine ranked Cerati as the 33rd best rock singer of all time.Influenced by The Beatles and The Police, Cerati joined various groups during his adolescence, and in 1982 he founded the Latin rock band Soda Stereo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustavo Cerati has received more than 1,225,313 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Gustavo Cerati is the 883rd most popular musician (up from 1,054th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 272nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Argentinean Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gustavo Ceratis by language

Over the past year Gustavo Cerati has had the most page views in the with 1,387,208 views, followed by English (159,062), and Portuguese (18,942). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (176.62%), Estonian (83.17%), and Icelandic (61.39%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gustavo Cerati ranks 883 out of 3,175Before him are Pitbull, Lang Lang, Tommy Dorsey, John Norum, Ray Brown, and James Burton. After him are Doug Clifford, Paco Ibáñez, S. D. Burman, Maceo Parker, Fatboy Slim, and Scott Bradley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Gustavo Cerati ranks 152Before him are Nir Barkat, Akhmed Zakayev, Michel Onfray, Majid Majidi, Toni Servillo, and Pete Burns. After him are Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Nobuo Uematsu, Jason Alexander, Giovanna Amati, Erwin Vandenbergh, and Gilmar Rinaldi. Among people deceased in 2014, Gustavo Cerati ranks 183Before him are On Kawara, Harun Farocki, Pierre Bec, Christophe de Margerie, Abdul Qadir, and Wu Ma. After him are Julio Abbadie, Pino Cerami, José Wilker, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Yuri Lyubimov, and Martha Hyer.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Gustavo Cerati ranks 256 out of 1,154Before him are Marga López (1924), Oscar Ruggeri (1962), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1922), Sergio Batista (1962), and Leonardo Favio (1938). After him are Sandro de América (1945), Rogelio Domínguez (1931), Fernando Paternoster (1903), Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (1868), Luis Galván (1948), and José López Rega (1916).

Among MUSICIANS In Argentina

Among musicians born in Argentina, Gustavo Cerati ranks 9Before him are Lalo Schifrin (1932), Gustavo Santaolalla (1951), Gato Barbieri (1932), Charly García (1951), Osvaldo Pugliese (1905), and Aníbal Troilo (1914). After him are Juan d'Arienzo (1900), Enrique Santos Discépolo (1901), José Cura (1962), Fito Páez (1963), Dominic Miller (1960), and Paz Lenchantin (1973).