SINGER

José Alfredo Jiménez

1926 - 1973

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José Alfredo Jiménez Sandoval (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse alˈfɾeðo xiˈmenes]; 19 January 1926 – 23 November 1973) was a Mexican singer-songwriter, whose songs are regarded as the basis of modern Regional Mexican music and Rancheras. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Alfredo Jiménez has received more than 871,030 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). José Alfredo Jiménez is the 759th most popular singer (down from 676th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 137th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mexican Singer.

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  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, José Alfredo Jiménez ranks 759 out of 4,381. Before him are Tammi Terrell, Lev Leshchenko, Aram Tigran, Belinda Carlisle, Elena Obraztsova, and Emmy Destinn. After him are Alexander Vertinsky, Pilar Lorengar, Jimmy Somerville, Johann Michael Vogl, Nexhmije Pagarusha, and Nancy Ajram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, José Alfredo Jiménez ranks 207. Before him are Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Jean Peters, Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Vitaly Vorotnikov, Rudi Gutendorf, and Edgar Hilsenrath. After him are Yvonne Furneaux, Prince Dimitri Romanov, Avraham Adan, James Hillman, Alfred Körner, and Lev Dyomin. Among people deceased in 1973, José Alfredo Jiménez ranks 137. Before him are Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Ira Sprague Bowen, Laurens Hammond, Adolfo Zumelzú, Dean Corll, and Alexander Mosolov. After him are Aleksandr Ptushko, Carmine Gallone, Eleazar López Contreras, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Jeannette Rankin, and Rafael Franco.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, José Alfredo Jiménez ranks 148 out of 729. Before him are Antonio Aguilar (1919), Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Carlos Chávez (1899), José José (1948), Ignacio Comonfort (1812), and Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1926). After him are Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (1940), Guillermo Ochoa (1985), Victoria Ruffo (1962), Huitzilihuitl (1379), Lila Downs (1968), and Javier Hernández (1988).

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Among SINGERS In Mexico

Among singers born in Mexico, José Alfredo Jiménez ranks 5. Before him are Vicente Fernández (1940), Thalía (1971), Juan Gabriel (1950), and Jorge Negrete (1910). After him are Lila Downs (1968), Marco Antonio Solís (1959), Paulina Rubio (1971), María Grever (1885), Anahí (1983), Dulce María (1985), and Alaska (1963).

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