1944 - Today
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa, , (; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kiri Te Kanawa has received more than 1,262,398 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Kiri Te Kanawa is the 269th most popular singer (down from 256th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Singer.
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Among singers, Kiri Te Kanawa ranks 269 out of 3,528. Before her are Christa Ludwig, Shirley Bassey, Sade, Jimmy Cliff, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and Mahalia Jackson. After her are Cab Calloway, Axl Rose, Rod Evans, Ajda Pekkan, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tim Staffell.
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 263
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 264
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 265
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 266
1901 - 1991
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 267
1911 - 1972
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 268
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 269
1907 - 1994
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 270
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 271
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 272
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 273
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 274
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 275
Among people born in 1944, Kiri Te Kanawa ranks 112. Before her are Gary Busey, Frank Oz, Daniel Pennac, Michael Nyman, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, and Chico Buarque. After her are Nana Akufo-Addo, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Rexhep Meidani, Robert C. Merton, Ashraf Marwan, and Patrice Chéreau.
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 106
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 107
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 108
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 109
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 110
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 111
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 112
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 113
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 114
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 115
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 116
1944 - 2007
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 117
1944 - 2013
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 118
Among people born in New Zealand, Kiri Te Kanawa ranks 14 out of 248. Before her are Katherine Mansfield (1888), Burt Munro (1899), Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893), Jane Campion (1954), Martin Campbell (1943), and John Money (1921). After her are Alan MacDiarmid (1927), Chris Amon (1943), Lucy Lawless (1968), Bruce Spence (1945), Rosé (1997), and Karl Urban (1972).
1888 - 1923
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 8
1899 - 1978
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 9
1893 - 1934
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 10
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 11
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 12
1921 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 13
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 14
1927 - 2007
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 15
1943 - 2016
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 16
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 17
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 18
1997 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 19
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 20
Among singers born in New Zealand, Kiri Te Kanawa ranks 1. After her are Rosé (1997), Keith Urban (1967), Neil Finn (1958), Hayley Westenra (1987), Lorde (1996), Kimbra (1990), Brooke Fraser (1983), Daniel Bedingfield (1979), and Bic Runga (1976).
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 1
1997 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 2
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 3
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 4
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.05
Rank: 5
1996 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 6
1990 - Present
HPI: 35.17
Rank: 7
1983 - Present
HPI: 26.62
Rank: 8
1979 - Present
HPI: 25.46
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 22.30
Rank: 10