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MUSICIAN

João Gilberto

1931 - 2019

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João Gilberto (born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira – Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often called the "father of bossa nova"; in his native Brazil, he was referred to as "O Mito" ("The Legend"). In 1965, the album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz record to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João Gilberto has received more than 1,440,074 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). João Gilberto is the 96th most popular musician (down from 90th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 29th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Musician.

João Gilberto is most famous for being the inventor of Bossa Nova, a type of Brazilian music that is popular in the United States.

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  • 65.68

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, João Gilberto ranks 96 out of 2,662. Before him are Robert Fripp, Duke Ellington, Richard Wright, Gheorghe Zamfir, Dean Martin, and Angus Young. After him are Gary Moore, Ludovico Einaudi, Glenn Miller, Bill Evans, Paul Mauriat, and Nat King Cole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, João Gilberto ranks 32. Before him are John le Carré, Leonard Nimoy, Ian Holm, Guy Debord, William Shatner, and Rupert Murdoch. After him are D. B. Cooper, Aldo Rossi, Syukuro Manabe, Johannes Rau, Martinus J. G. Veltman, and James Cronin. Among people deceased in 2019, João Gilberto ranks 25. Before him are Immanuel Wallerstein, Kary Mullis, Marie Fredriksson, Peter Fonda, Michel Legrand, and Doris Day. After him are Bibi Andersson, Murray Gell-Mann, Albert Finney, Andrea Camilleri, Bert Hellinger, and Manfred Eigen.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Gilberto ranks 33 out of 2,067. Before him are Maria II of Portugal (1819), Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), Ronaldo (1976), Romário (1966), and Roberto Carlos (1973). After him are Djalma Santos (1929), Jairzinho (1944), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Nílton Santos (1925), Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873), and Arthur Friedenreich (1892).

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Among MUSICIANS In Brazil

Among musicians born in Brazil, João Gilberto ranks 2. Before him are Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927). After him are Caetano Veloso (1942), Gilberto Gil (1942), Nelson Freire (1944), Chico Buarque (1944), Sérgio Mendes (1941), Milton Nascimento (1942), Baden Powell (1937), Toquinho (1946), Zequinha de Abreu (1880), and Hermeto Pascoal (1936).

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