MUSICIAN

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 3,355,572 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Loreena McKennitt is the 496th most popular musician (down from 450th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Canada (down from 106th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Loreena McKennitt ranks 496 out of 3,175. Before her are Dick Taylor, Wojciech Żywny, Ginette Neveu, Pat Metheny, Ole Bull, and Gato Barbieri. After her are Billy Ray Cyrus, Alan Wilder, Robert de Visée, Jacob Gade, Tommy Ramone, and Phil Lynott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Loreena McKennitt ranks 78. Before her are Lucien Favre, Klaus Augenthaler, Fred Vargas, Antonio Cabrini, Alu Alkhanov, and Shigeru Ban. After her are Monte Melkonian, Lucélia Santos, Mikhail Kasyanov, Ricardo Darín, Frank Miller, and Emmanuel Carrère.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Loreena McKennitt ranks 121 out of 1,622. Before her are Paul Martin (1938), Rick Moranis (1953), Linda Evangelista (1965), Bruce Greenwood (1956), Graham Greene (1952), and Florence Lawrence (1886). After her are Eric McCormack (1963), Mary Simon (1947), Steven Pinker (1954), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Lorne Greene (1915), and John Stanley Plaskett (1865).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Loreena McKennitt ranks 9. Before her are Neil Young (1945), Neil Peart (1952), Joni Mitchell (1943), Oscar Peterson (1925), Avril Lavigne (1984), and Robbie Robertson (1943). After her are Gil Evans (1912), David Foster (1949), Diana Krall (1964), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Paul Bley (1932), and Bob Ezrin (1949).

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