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Henri Dès

1940 - Today

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Henri Dès (born 14 December 1940 in Renens, Vaud, Switzerland as Henri Destraz) is a Swiss French-language children's singer and songwriter immensely popular in European Francophone countries. In 1970, he released his first album, Retour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Dès has received more than 58,027 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Henri Dès is the 1,495th most popular singer (down from 1,385th in 2019), the 551st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 499th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swiss Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 58k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Henri Dès by language

Over the past year Henri Dès has had the most page views in the with 94,243 views, followed by English (6,831), and German (1,677). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbo-Croatian (61.58%), Finnish (42.71%), and Hungarian (36.02%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Henri Dès ranks 1,495 out of 4,381. Before him are Layal Abboud, Masashi Tashiro, Anuradha Paudwal, Joy Fleming, Ali Akbar Khan, and Mary Garden. After him are Sally Yeh, Tom Lehrer, Florence Ballard, Danièle Dupré, Malvina Reynolds, and François Deguelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Henri Dès ranks 429. Before him are Jack Thompson, Mutsuhiko Nomura, Wolfgang Paul, Franco Balmamion, David Peoples, and James Brady. After him are Franco Bitossi, Michael Ruse, Jerry Lawson, Jaak Lipso, Leila Ahmed, and Karin Baal.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Henri Dès ranks 551 out of 1,015. Before him are Frank Séchehaye (1907), Pierre Graber (1908), Marc Rosset (1970), Yvonne Rüegg (1938), Joël Dicker (1985), and Marc Delafontaine (1838). After him are Charles Bouvier (1898), Georges Miez (1904), Werner Günthör (1961), Eugen Meier (1930), Albert Rösti (1967), and Othmar Ammann (1879).

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Among SINGERS In Switzerland

Among singers born in Switzerland, Henri Dès ranks 6. Before him are Lys Assia (1924), Lisa Della Casa (1919), Andreas Vollenweider (1953), Anita Traversi (1937), and Patrick Juvet (1950). After him are Paola del Medico (1950), Paolo Meneguzzi (1976), Salvatore Licitra (1968), Francine Jordi (1977), Yves Larock (1977), and Michael von der Heide (1971).

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