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Loreena McKennitt

1957 - Today

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Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who writes, records, and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern influences. McKennitt is known for her refined and clear soprano vocals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Loreena McKennitt has received more than 3,180,206 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Loreena McKennitt is the 452nd most popular musician (up from 507th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Canada (up from 120th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Musician.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Loreena McKennitt ranks 452 out of 2,662. Before her are Rubén González, Robert Wyatt, Tansen, Richie Sambora, Jacob Gade, and Billy Ray Cyrus. After her are King Oliver, Dick Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Bill Ward, Isao Tomita, and Manitas de Plata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Loreena McKennitt ranks 64. Before her are Yoshihiko Noda, Mukesh Ambani, Daniel Stern, Bruce Beutler, Preben Elkjær, and Ahmet Kaya. After her are Ted Levine, Wolfgang Ketterle, Frank Miller, Mikhail Kasyanov, Fred Vargas, and Georgi Parvanov.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Loreena McKennitt ranks 106 out of 1,350. Before her are Steven Pinker (1954), David Easton (1917), Walter Huston (1883), Conrad Bain (1923), Louis Slotin (1910), and Norman Jewison (1926). After her are Joseph Wiseman (1918), David Foster (1949), Margot Kidder (1948), Louis Riel (1844), Fay Wray (1907), and Marc Ouellet (1944).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Loreena McKennitt ranks 7. Before her are Leonard Cohen (1934), Glenn Gould (1932), Neil Young (1945), Joni Mitchell (1943), Oscar Peterson (1925), and Avril Lavigne (1984). After her are David Foster (1949), Gil Evans (1912), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Neil Peart (1952), Robbie Robertson (1943), and Diana Krall (1964).

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