1953 - 2017
Loalwa Braz Vieira (3 June 1953 – 19 January 2017) was a Brazilian singer, best known for providing the lead vocals for the French-Brazilian recording act Kaoma for their 1989 cover of the hit "Llorando se fue" (by Ulysses Hermosa, lead singer of the popular Bolivian folk group Los Kjarkas), later renamed as "Lambada". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Loalwa Braz has received more than 366,111 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Loalwa Braz is the 345th most popular singer (down from 330th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 117th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Brazilian Singer.
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Among singers, Loalwa Braz ranks 345 out of 3,528. Before her are Warda Al-Jazairia, Lill-Babs, Roberta Flack, Marc Anthony, Ornella Vanoni, and Sabah Fakhri. After her are Jon Anderson, Heino, Neil Sedaka, Sinéad O'Connor, Rubén Blades, and Joseph Kobzon.
1939 - 2012
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 339
1938 - 2018
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 340
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 341
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 342
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 343
1933 - 2021
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 344
1953 - 2017
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 345
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 346
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 347
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 348
1966 - 2023
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 349
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 350
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 351
Among people born in 1953, Loalwa Braz ranks 78. Before her are Alberto Zaccheroni, Tom Hulce, Guy Verhofstadt, David Berkowitz, Mata Amritanandamayi, and Hans Krankl. After her are Dave Evans, Mary Steenburgen, Najib Razak, András Schiff, Danny Elfman, and Claudio Gentile. Among people deceased in 2017, Loalwa Braz ranks 102. Before her are Bruce McCandless II, Bill Paxton, Yisrael Kristal, Azzedine Alaïa, Jannis Kounellis, and Magdalena Abakanowicz. After her are Dick Bruna, Juan Goytisolo, Hiroto Muraoka, Tsutomu Hata, Michael Parks, and Luis Bacalov.
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 72
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 73
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 74
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 75
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 76
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 77
1953 - 2017
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 78
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 79
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 80
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 81
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 82
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 83
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 84
1937 - 2017
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 96
1955 - 2017
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 97
1903 - 2017
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 98
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 99
1936 - 2017
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 100
1930 - 2017
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 101
1953 - 2017
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 102
1927 - 2017
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 103
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 104
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 105
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 106
1940 - 2017
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 107
1933 - 2017
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 108
Among people born in Brazil, Loalwa Braz ranks 120 out of 2,067. Before her are Elis Regina (1945), Juninho Pernambucano (1975), Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), Cláudio Taffarel (1966), Émerson Leão (1949), and Bernardino Machado (1851). After her are Augusto Boal (1931), Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952), Sérgio Mendes (1941), Tite (1961), Artur da Costa e Silva (1899), and Edu Coimbra (1947).
1945 - 1982
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 114
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 115
1824 - 1898
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 116
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 117
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 118
1851 - 1944
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 119
1953 - 2017
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 120
1931 - 2009
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 121
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 122
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 123
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 124
1899 - 1969
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 125
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 126
Among singers born in Brazil, Loalwa Braz ranks 5. Before her are Roberto Carlos (1941), Astrud Gilberto (1940), Elza Soares (1930), and Elis Regina (1945). After her are Gal Costa (1945), Maria Bethânia (1946), Jorge Ben (1942), Naná Vasconcelos (1944), Luiz Gonzaga (1912), Flora Purim (1942), and Michel Teló (1981).
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 1
1940 - 2023
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 2
1930 - 2022
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 3
1945 - 1982
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 4
1953 - 2017
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 5
1945 - 2022
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 8
1944 - 2016
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 9
1912 - 1989
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 10
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 11
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 12