SINGER

Licia Albanese

1909 - 2014

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Licia Albanese (July 22, 1909 – August 15, 2014) was an Italian-born American operatic soprano. Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Licia Albanese has received more than 112,281 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 19 in 2019). Licia Albanese is the 1,001st most popular singer (down from 810th in 2019), the 3,215th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,841st in 2019) and the 70th most popular Italian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Licia Albanese by language

Over the past year Licia Albanese has had the most page views in the with 12,400 views, followed by Italian (4,031), and Japanese (1,846). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Albanian (44.82%), Luxembourgish (31.55%), and Korean (31.42%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Licia Albanese ranks 1,001 out of 4,381Before her are Larin Paraske, Reba McEntire, Charli XCX, Nicky Hopkins, Daniel Balavoine, and Sandra Kim. After her are Jimi Jamison, Miyuki Nakajima, Bleona, Peter Pears, Enzo Ghinazzi, and Dee Snider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Licia Albanese ranks 220Before her are Ștefan Dobay, Adalbert Deșu, Ferenc Fejtő, Irakli Abashidze, Tewhida Ben Sheikh, and Sven Jonasson. After her are David Murray, Heinz Erhardt, Durgabai Deshmukh, Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma, Kató Lomb, and Bernabé Ferreyra. Among people deceased in 2014, Licia Albanese ranks 224Before her are Halet Çambel, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Małgorzata Braunek, Daniel Boulanger, Ian Paisley, and Igor Rodionov. After her are Marian Seldes, Jimi Jamison, Knut Nystedt, Carlos Borges, Vaçe Zela, and James Shigeta.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Licia Albanese ranks 3,215 out of 5,161Before her are Lino Aldani (1926), Riccardo Cucciolla (1924), Titus Calpurnius Siculus (290), Giulio Cabianca (1923), Nicola Rizzoli (1971), and Giuseppe Pizzardo (1877). After her are Sabrina Ferilli (1964), Francesco Pesellino (1422), Mario Bellini (1935), Cesare Balbo (1789), Enzo Ghinazzi (1955), and Antonio Pacinotti (1841).

Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Licia Albanese ranks 70Before her are Massimo Ranieri (1951), Francesca Cuzzoni (1696), Alessandro Safina (1963), Francesco Guccini (1940), Claudio Baglioni (1951), and Antonietta Stella (1929). After her are Enzo Ghinazzi (1955), Tony Renis (1938), Antonello Venditti (1949), Franca Raimondi (1932), Nilla Pizzi (1919), and Rino Gaetano (1950).