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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 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 894,956 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Katrina Leskanich is the 2,335th most popular singer (down from 2,020th in 2019), the 12,570th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,973rd in 2019) and the 667th most popular American Singer.

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  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Katrina Leskanich ranks 2,335 out of 3,528Before her are Kenshi Yonezu, Kangta, Geir Rönning, Hayley Westenra, Jerry Nelson, and Beatriz Luengo. After her are Aviv Geffen, Suzanne Tamim, MakSim, Luminița Anghel, Jason Kouchak, and Nina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Katrina Leskanich ranks 560Before her are Kristin Halvorsen, Gilberto Kassab, Lee Archambault, Sean Yates, Wang Yifu, and Steven Lindsey. After her are Rick Savage, Megan Gallagher, William Monahan, Tomoyuki Kajino, Uddhav Thackeray, and Phil Hogan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katrina Leskanich ranks 12,570 out of 18,182Before her are John Laurinaitis (1962), Jerry Nelson (1934), Jay Acovone (1955), Sybil Bauer (1903), Sidney Moncrief (1957), and Steven Lindsey (1960). After her are Judith Miller (1948), Andrew J. Feustel (1965), Paul Dini (1957), Dale Evans (1912), Gus Hutchison (1937), and Amy Heckerling (1954).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Katrina Leskanich ranks 667Before her are Tiffany Darwish (1971), Lil Uzi Vert (1994), Jordan Knight (1970), Future (1983), Bow Wow (1987), and Jerry Nelson (1934). After her are GZA (1966), Melody (1982), Tim McGraw (1967), Lena Park (1976), Russell Allen (1971), and Stephen Marley (1972).

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