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Lill-Babs

1938 - 2018

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Barbro Margareta Svensson (9 March 1938 – 3 April 2018), known by her stage name Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television host. From the early 1950s until her death in 2018, she was one of Sweden's best-known and popular singers. She represented Sweden in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes with the song "April, april". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lill-Babs has received more than 367,036 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Lill-Babs is the 457th most popular singer (down from 340th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 254th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Swedish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lill-Babs by language

Over the past year Lill-Babs has had the most page views in the with 98,543 views, followed by English (38,819), and German (16,601). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lithuanian (59.60%), Ukrainian (46.65%), and Swedish (45.69%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lill-Babs ranks 457 out of 4,381. Before her are Boy George, Nellie Melba, Siw Malmkvist, KRS-One, Juan Gabriel, and Marc Anthony. After her are Héctor Lavoe, Patricia Kaas, Kim Seok-jin, Sharon den Adel, Marian Anderson, and Giulia Grisi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Lill-Babs ranks 151. Before her are Paul Martin, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Willy Claes, Angelo Amato, Aslan Abashidze, and Mohammed Gammoudi. After her are Amfilohije Radović, Giant Baba, Tengiz Kitovani, Beata Tyszkiewicz, David Baltimore, and Igor Sergeyev. Among people deceased in 2018, Lill-Babs ranks 114. Before her are Raymond Chow, Josep Lluís Núñez, Irena Szewińska, Choi Eun-hee, Tom Wolfe, and Philip Kerr. After her are Luis García Meza, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Đỗ Mười, Sridevi, Dan Gurney, and Maria Bueno.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lill-Babs ranks 300 out of 1,879. Before her are Mikkey Dee (1963), Alice Babs (1924), Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken (1670), Ivar Kreuger (1880), Siw Malmkvist (1936), and Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1540). After her are Lennart Skoglund (1929), Prince Carl Bernadotte (1911), Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767), Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390), Jo Bonnier (1930), and Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654).

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Among SINGERS In Sweden

Among singers born in Sweden, Lill-Babs ranks 13. Before her are Nicolai Gedda (1925), Loreen (1983), Jussi Björling (1911), Joey Tempest (1963), Alice Babs (1924), and Siw Malmkvist (1936). After her are Lasse Berghagen (1945), Anette Olzon (1971), Anne Sofie von Otter (1955), Evert Taube (1890), Monica Zetterlund (1937), and Christina Nilsson (1843).

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