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Katrina Leskanich

1960 - Today

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Katrina Elizabeth Leskanich ( lesk-AH-nitch; born April 10, 1960) is an American musician and the former lead singer of the British pop rock band Katrina and the Waves. Their song "Walking on Sunshine" was an international hit in 1985. In 1997, the band won the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom with the song "Love Shine a Light". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katrina Leskanich has received more than 988,664 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Katrina Leskanich is the 2,376th most popular singer (down from 2,327th in 2019), the 12,949th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,541st in 2019) and the 644th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Katrina Leskanich ranks 2,376 out of 4,381. Before her are Angèle, Paul Stookey, Future, Gary, Roxanne Seeman, and Linde Lindström. After her are Ruth Etting, Crystal Gayle, Maja Blagdan, Arijit Singh, Birdy, and Patrick Ouchène.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Katrina Leskanich ranks 588. Before her are Marco Albarello, Svetlana Kitova, Ivailo Marinov, Igor Ponomaryov, Grant Morrison, and Leroy Chiao. After her are Olivia Brown, Beate Eriksen, Richard Mastracchio, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Philippe Sands, and Rick Savage.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katrina Leskanich ranks 12,949 out of 20,380. Before her are Priscilla Barnes (1954), Joseph Campanella (1924), Sarah Josepha Hale (1788), Paolo Bacigalupi (1972), Harley Jane Kozak (1957), and Ann C. Crispin (1950). After her are Lisa Nowak (1963), Nat Hentoff (1925), Howard Georgi (1947), Kiele Sanchez (1977), Rita R. Colwell (1934), and Ruth Etting (1896).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Katrina Leskanich ranks 644. Before her are David Draiman (1973), Benny Blanco (1988), Gucci Mane (1980), Paul Stookey (1937), Future (1983), and Roxanne Seeman (1954). After her are Ruth Etting (1896), Crystal Gayle (1951), Edie Brickell (1966), Ashanti (1980), Warrel Dane (1961), and Amanda Lepore (1967).

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