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Laila Kinnunen

1939 - 2000

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Laura “Laila” Annikki Kinnunen (8 November 1939, in Vantaa – 26 October 2000, in Heinävesi) was a Finnish singer. She was one of the most popular Finnish singers of the 1950s and 1960s, and represented Finland at the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, the first time Finland participated in the contest. She spent her childhood in Sweden as a refugee from the Second World War, returning to Finland at the age of ten. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laila Kinnunen has received more than 59,055 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Laila Kinnunen is the 1,159th most popular singer (down from 1,116th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Finland (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Finnish Singer.

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  • 59k

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  • 47.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Laila Kinnunen ranks 1,159 out of 3,528Before her are Philippe Jaroussky, Anna von Mildenburg, Mandy Moore, Gangubai Hangal, Anouk, and Carlos Vives. After her are Azis, Lhasa de Sela, Pete Ham, Natalie Imbruglia, Jeanette MacDonald, and Salvador Sobral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Laila Kinnunen ranks 336Before her are Oʻtkir Sultonov, Clarence Williams III, Vivi Bach, Joe Sample, Samih al-Qasim, and Richard Posner. After her are Dieter Quester, Luther Allison, Abdullah Ensour, Egon Zimmermann, Robert Kramer, and Carmelo Bossi. Among people deceased in 2000, Laila Kinnunen ranks 186Before her are Tofig Guliyev, Rodolfo Pini, Johannes Virolainen, Pietro Palazzini, Spyridon Belokas, and Karen Hoff. After her are Humberto de Araújo Benevenuto, Vincentas Sladkevičius, Stanislav Stratiev, H. C. Artmann, Théodore Monod, and Stephanos Christopoulos.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Laila Kinnunen ranks 231 out of 642Before her are Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1956), Heikki Savolainen (1907), Antti Hackzell (1881), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Arvo Askola (1909), and Nils Torvalds (1945). After her are Viljo Heino (1914), Armas Toivonen (1899), V. J. Sukselainen (1906), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Jukka Nevalainen (1978), and Marion Rung (1945).

Among SINGERS In Finland

Among singers born in Finland, Laila Kinnunen ranks 6Before her are Tarja Turunen (1977), Ville Valo (1976), Aino Ackté (1876), Lill Lindfors (1940), and Lasse Mårtenson (1934). After her are Marion Rung (1945), Olavi Virta (1915), Tom Krause (1934), Katri Helena (1945), Timo Kotipelto (1969), and Fredi (1942).