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 1,517,062 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). João Gilberto is the 106th most popular musician (down from 96th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 33rd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, João Gilberto ranks 106 out of 3,175. Before him are Lemmy, John Coltrane, Paul Mauriat, Gheorghe Zamfir, Ludovico Einaudi, and Ice-T. After him are Glenn Miller, David Guetta, Nadia Boulanger, Jascha Heifetz, Henryk Wieniawski, and Joe Hisaishi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, João Gilberto ranks 29. Before him are Anatoly Dyatlov, Desmond Tutu, Rupert Murdoch, Guy Debord, Leonard Nimoy, and Ian Holm. After him are Dries van Agt, Johannes Rau, D. B. Cooper, Martinus J. G. Veltman, Khieu Samphan, and Anne Bancroft. Among people deceased in 2019, João Gilberto ranks 25. Before him are Anna Karina, Franco Zeffirelli, Immanuel Wallerstein, Gordon Banks, Beji Caid Essebsi, and Zhores Alferov. After him are Bert Hellinger, Michel Legrand, Marie Fredriksson, Mariss Jansons, Marie Laforêt, and Bibi Andersson.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Gilberto ranks 38 out of 2,236. Before him are Roberto Carlos (1973), Nelson Piquet (1952), Nílton Santos (1925), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Rivaldo (1972), and Neymar (1992). After him are Bebeto (1964), Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873), Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), José Altafini (1938), and Kaká (1982).

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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), Chico Buarque (1944), Baden Powell (1937), Sérgio Mendes (1941), Milton Nascimento (1942), Toquinho (1946), Rita Lee (1947), Nelson Freire (1944), and Hermeto Pascoal (1936).

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