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Lila Downs

1968 - Today

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Ana Lila Downs Sánchez (born September 09, 1968) is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous Mexican influences and has recorded songs in many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl and Purépecha. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lila Downs has received more than 474,354 page views. Her biography is available in 111 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 110 in 2019). Lila Downs is the 647th most popular singer (up from 656th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 128th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mexican Singer.

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  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 111

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lila Downs ranks 647 out of 3,541. Before her are René Jacobs, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Lotte Lehmann, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Virginia E. Johnson, and Christine McVie. After her are Nicki Minaj, Vince Neil, Sandie Shaw, Izhar Cohen, Adele, and Mikel Laboa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Lila Downs ranks 66. Before her are Michael Kiske, Damon Albarn, Mateusz Morawiecki, Paul Scheuring, Michael Weatherly, and Anna Gunn. After her are Kelly Hu, Daniel Dae Kim, Cliff Curtis, Robert Rodriguez, Margrethe Vestager, and Kelly Rutherford.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Lila Downs ranks 135 out of 487. Before her are Edith González (1964), José Vasconcelos (1882), Valentín Gómez Farías (1781), Juventino Rosas (1868), Francisco S. Carvajal (1870), and Laura Harring (1964). After her are Juan Álvarez (1790), Jacob Bekenstein (1947), José Alfredo Jiménez (1926), Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902), Ignacio Allende (1769), and José José (1948).

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Among SINGERS In Mexico

Among singers born in Mexico, Lila Downs ranks 5. Before her are Vicente Fernández (1940), Thalía (1971), Jorge Negrete (1910), and Juan Gabriel (1950). After her are José Alfredo Jiménez (1926), Paulina Rubio (1971), Luis Miguel (1970), Marco Antonio Solís (1959), Anahí (1983), Alejandro Fernández (1971), and Dulce María (1985).

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