SINGER

León Gieco

1951 - Today

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Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco (born on November 20, 1951, in Cañada Rosquín, Argentina) is an Argentine folk rock performer, composer and interpreter. He is known for mixing popular folkloric genres with Argentine rock, and lyrics with social and political connotations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of León Gieco has received more than 100,377 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). León Gieco is the 1,412th most popular singer (up from 1,629th in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from Argentina (up from 520th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Argentinean Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of León Giecos by language

Over the past year León Gieco has had the most page views in the with 181,196 views, followed by English (16,749), and Portuguese (3,986). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (217.00%), Galician (131.44%), and Spanish (111.82%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, León Gieco ranks 1,412 out of 4,381Before him are Maya Kristalinskaya, Betty Davis, Chris Roberts, Linda Martin, Ellen Allien, and Vic Damone. After him are André Hazes, Hironobu Kageyama, Vikki Carr, Barney Greenway, Alannah Myles, and Tomas Ledin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, León Gieco ranks 377Before him are Patricia Wettig, Francesco De Gregori, Janis Ian, Rino Fisichella, Charles S. Dutton, and Kazuo Saito. After him are André Hazes, Bindu, Luc Millecamps, Eva Rueber-Staier, Nana Patekar, and Barbara Morgan.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, León Gieco ranks 452 out of 1,154Before him are Nicolás Burdisso (1981), José Durand Laguna (1885), Federico Vairo (1930), Ángel Bargas (1946), Norberto Boggio (1931), and Pedro Dellacha (1926). After him are Alberto Zorrilla (1906), Pedro Pasculli (1960), Raúl Belén (1931), Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1919), Hebe de Bonafini (1928), and Alfredo Devincenzi (1907).

Among SINGERS In Argentina

Among singers born in Argentina, León Gieco ranks 6Before him are Mercedes Sosa (1935), Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908), Facundo Cabral (1937), Sandro de América (1945), and Luis Alberto Spinetta (1950). After him are Roberto Goyeneche (1926), Ricardo Montaner (1957), Gilda (1961), Andrés Calamaro (1961), Marcelo Álvarez (1962), and Diego Torres (1971).