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Lhasa de Sela

1972 - 2010

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Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010), also known by the mononym Lhasa, was an American-Canadian singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States and divided her adult life between Canada and France. Her first album, La Llorona, went Platinum in Canada and brought Lhasa a Félix Award and a Juno Award. Following this success, Lhasa toured with Lilith Fair and then joined her sisters in a French circus troupe, contributing her husky voice to the musical backdrop. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lhasa de Sela has received more than 545,738 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Lhasa de Sela is the 1,225th most popular singer (down from 1,157th in 2019), the 6,247th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,232nd in 2019) and the 311th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lhasa de Sela ranks 1,225 out of 4,381. Before her are Playboi Carti, Barney McKenna, Roland Orzabal, Betty Curtis, Atsushi Sakurai, and Ernestine Schumann-Heink. After her are Carlos Vives, Helmut Lotti, Izumi Sakai, V, Jacques Higelin, and Eva Nansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Lhasa de Sela ranks 143. Before her are Kirsten Vangsness, Jang Dong-gun, Conchita Martínez, Goran Vlaović, Mykhailo Podolyak, and Victor Ponta. After her are Paul Gray, Iván Pedroso, Viorel Moldovan, Wilson Kipketer, Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, and Jenny Berggren. Among people deceased in 2010, Lhasa de Sela ranks 253. Before her are Jo Myong-rok, Mariya Dolina, Raymond Impanis, Godfrey Binaisa, Carla Del Poggio, and Jamie Gillis. After her are Paul Gray, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Daisuke Gōri, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Roy Ward Baker, and Robert B. Parker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lhasa de Sela ranks 6,247 out of 20,380. Before her are Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Renee O'Connor (1971), Aria Giovanni (1977), Caroline Harrison (1832), Carl Switzer (1927), and James Agee (1909). After her are Nicholas Hammond (1950), Paul Gray (1972), John W. Foster (1836), Harry Davenport (1866), Sandra Harding (1935), and Spencer Haywood (1949).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Lhasa de Sela ranks 311. Before her are Hoagy Carmichael (1899), Phil Anselmo (1968), Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912), Philip Bailey (1951), Bobby Helms (1933), and Playboi Carti (1996). After her are Xzibit (1974), Skeeter Davis (1931), Bobby Womack (1944), Charlie Dominici (1951), Jakob Dylan (1969), and Leonard Warren (1911).

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