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Janet Baker

1933 - Today

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Dame Janet Abbott Baker (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer. Baker is particularly closely associated with baroque and early Italian opera and the works of Benjamin Britten. During her career, which lasted from the 1950s to the 1980s, she was considered an outstanding singing actress and widely admired for her dramatic intensity, perhaps best represented in her famous portrayal as Dido, the tragic heroine of Berlioz's magnum opus, Les Troyens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janet Baker has received more than 412,103 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Janet Baker is the 1,253rd most popular singer (down from 1,060th in 2019), the 3,398th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,105th in 2019) and the 131st most popular British Singer.

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  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Janet Baker ranks 1,253 out of 4,381. Before her are Rosario Flores, Najwa Karam, Bobby Womack, Sotiria Bellou, Alison Moyet, and Dulce Pontes. After her are Jenny Berggren, Lasse Mårtenson, Charlie Dominici, Leo Sayer, Michel Teló, and Akina Nakamori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Janet Baker ranks 340. Before her are Severino Poletto, László Kovács, Maurizio Arena, Miriam Stevenson, Jean Vautrin, and Ruth Arnon. After her are Michael Frayn, Bob Bondurant, Alfredo Landa, Semyon Farada, Ela Bhatt, and Yelena Gorchakova.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Janet Baker ranks 3,398 out of 8,785. Before her are John Mawe (1764), Peter Grant (1935), John Houlding (1833), Clint Mansell (1963), Agnes Arber (1879), and Frederick Catherwood (1799). After her are Roy Ward Baker (1916), Carlo Acutis (1991), Gwen John (1876), James Thomson (1700), Edward William Lane (1801), and Kate Greenaway (1846).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Janet Baker ranks 131. Before her are Tony Christie (1943), Roland Orzabal (1961), Aneka (1947), Matt Monro (1930), Margaret Price (1941), and Alison Moyet (1961). After her are Leo Sayer (1948), Al Atkins (1947), Tony Martin (1957), Sandy Denny (1947), Mick Jones (1944), and Sheena Easton (1959).

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