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SINGER

Kiri Te Kanawa

1944 - Today

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kiri Te Kanawa ranks 269 out of 3,528Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Kiri Te Kanawa ranks 112Before 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.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Kiri Te Kanawa ranks 14 out of 248Before 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).

Among SINGERS In New Zealand

Among singers born in New Zealand, Kiri Te Kanawa ranks 1After 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).