SINGER

Ljuba Welitsch

1913 - 1996

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Ljuba Welitsch (Veličkova; Bulgarian: Люба Величкова 10 July 1913 – 1 September 1996) was an operatic soprano. She was born in Borisovo, Bulgaria, studied in Sofia and Vienna, and sang in opera houses in Austria and Germany in the late 1930s and early and mid-1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ljuba Welitsch has received more than 61,764 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ljuba Welitsch is the 657th most popular singer (up from 860th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 144th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Bulgarian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 62k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ljuba Welitsch ranks 657 out of 4,381. Before her are Rocío Jurado, Del Shannon, Wadih El Safi, Rick Parfitt, Sinan Sakić, and Al Green. After her are Maria Farantouri, Sam Hui, Brigitte Fontaine, Camilo Sesto, Barbara Hendricks, and Rosemary Clooney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Ljuba Welitsch ranks 148. Before her are Motoo Tatsuhara, Elisaveta Bykova, Alfonso López Michelsen, Edith Pargeter, Gig Young, and Hajo Herrmann. After her are František Čáp, Abraham Sutzkever, Nicolas Grunitzky, Charles Helou, Sebastiano Baggio, and Bahi Ladgham. Among people deceased in 1996, Ljuba Welitsch ranks 121. Before her are Károly Grósz, Haing S. Ngor, Edison Denisov, Hyman Minsky, Chas Chandler, and Jerry Siegel. After her are Aruna Asaf Ali, Dan Flavin, Pierre Grimal, Tito Okello, Arleigh Burke, and Hervé Bazin.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Ljuba Welitsch ranks 117 out of 415. Before her are Georgi Ivanov (1940), Stamen Grigorov (1878), Hristo Bonev (1947), Dobri Dobrev (1914), Mitso Asen of Bulgaria (1300), and Nikolai Denkov (1962). After her are Vasil Radoslavov (1854), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (1941), Raina Kabaivanska (1934), Alexis Weissenberg (1929), Philipp Kirkorov (1967), and Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967).

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Among SINGERS In Bulgaria

Among singers born in Bulgaria, Ljuba Welitsch ranks 6. Before her are Sylvie Vartan (1944), Boris Christoff (1914), Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929), Ghena Dimitrova (1941), and Lili Ivanova (1939). After her are Anna Tomowa-Sintow (1941), Raina Kabaivanska (1934), Philipp Kirkorov (1967), Nora Nova (1928), Azis (1978), and Sofi Marinova (1975).

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