SINGER

Leyla Gencer

1928 - 2008

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Leyla Gencer (Turkish pronunciation: [lejˈla ɟenˈdʒeɾ], née Çeyrekgil; 10 October 1928 – 10 May 2008) was a Turkish operatic soprano. Gencer was a notable bel canto soprano who spent most of her career in Italy, from the early 1950s through the mid-1980s, and had a repertoire encompassing more than seventy roles. She made very few commercial recordings; however, numerous bootleg recordings of her performances exist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leyla Gencer has received more than 148,706 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Leyla Gencer is the 429th most popular singer (up from 508th in 2019), the 539th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 721st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Singer.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Leyla Gencer ranks 429 out of 4,381. Before her are Perry Como, Patrick Hernandez, Mia Martini, Anggun, Sandie Shaw, and André Claveau. After her are Lana Del Rey, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Nile Rodgers, Eddie Money, Neil Sedaka, and Kaliopi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Leyla Gencer ranks 152. Before her are Shulamit Aloni, Veljko Bulajić, Ernest Simoni, Robert Brout, Nicolas Hayek, and Joss Ackland. After her are Adrian Frutiger, Gerard Damiano, Enrique Bolaños, Ion Druță, Seki Matsunaga, and Mihály Lantos. Among people deceased in 2008, Leyla Gencer ranks 81. Before her are Don S. Davis, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Bernardin Gantin, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Kiyosi Itô, and Michael DeBakey. After her are Eva Dahlbeck, Gerard Damiano, Cyd Charisse, Joseph M. Juran, Tommy Lapid, and Henri Salvador.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Leyla Gencer ranks 539 out of 1,347. Before her are Archelaus of Cappadocia (-50), Philostorgius (368), Akile Hatun (1607), Macrina the Younger (324), Euthydemus I (-300), and Çiçek Hatun (1431). After her are Beren Saat (1984), Nikos Zachariadis (1903), Pythias (-362), Hugh III of Cyprus (1235), Marina the Monk (715), and Pir Sultan Abdal (1480).

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Among SINGERS In Türkiye

Among singers born in Türkiye, Leyla Gencer ranks 6. Before her are İbrahim Tatlıses (1952), Ajda Pekkan (1946), Sezen Aksu (1954), Bülent Ersoy (1952), and Ahmet Kaya (1957). After her are Darío Moreno (1921), Sibel Can (1970), Roza Eskenazi (1895), Sertab Erener (1964), Cem Karaca (1945), and Şivan Perwer (1955).

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