MUSICIAN

Ivan Lins

1945 - Today

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Ivan Guimarães Lins (born 16 June 1945) is a Latin Grammy-winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and jazz for over fifty years. His first hit, "Madalena", was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Lins has received more than 186,323 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ivan Lins is the 986th most popular musician (up from 1,025th in 2019), the 383rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 345th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Brazilian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ivan Lins ranks 986 out of 3,175Before him are Dick Parry, Wolf Hoffmann, Ted Nugent, John Mayer, Tommy Thayer, and Michael Weikath. After him are Véronique Sanson, Carl Tausig, Louis Diémer, Arif Mardin, Blackie Lawless, and Oscar Hammerstein II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Ivan Lins ranks 312Before him are Yuri Antonov, Nadezhda Chizhova, Philippe Ouédraogo, Vladimiro Montesinos, Carrie Snodgress, and Elvin Hayes. After him are Helen Fisher, Sam Webb, Jeremy Bulloch, Jörg Immendorff, John Rutter, and Brian Connolly.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Ivan Lins ranks 383 out of 2,236Before him are José de Anchieta Fontana (1940), Carlos María de Alvear (1789), Marina Silva (1958), Juliano Belletti (1976), Serginho (1971), and Roberto de Assis Moreira (1971). After him are José Faria (1933), Giovanna Antonelli (1976), Jennifer O'Neill (1948), Rodrygo (2001), José Freire Falcão (1925), and Nelinho (1950).

Among MUSICIANS In Brazil

Among musicians born in Brazil, Ivan Lins ranks 19Before him are Zequinha de Abreu (1880), Max Cavalera (1969), Luiz Bonfá (1922), Marcos Valle (1943), Dorival Caymmi (1914), and Airto Moreira (1941). After him are Eumir Deodato (1942), Laurindo Almeida (1917), Kiko Loureiro (1972), Pixinguinha (1897), Igor Cavalera (1970), and Andreas Kisser (1968).