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Lounès Matoub

1956 - 1998

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Lounès Matoub (Kabyle: Lwennas Meɛṭub; Arabic: معطوب الوناس) (24 January 1956 – 25 June 1998) was an Algerian Kabylian singer, poet, thinker who sparked an intellectual revolution, and mandole player who was an advocate of the Berber cause, human rights, and secularism in Algeria throughout his life. Matoub was reviled by most of the Muslim population in Algeria for his secular and atheist politics along with his militant advocacy of Berber rights, so he was unpopular among both warring parties during the Algerian Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lounès Matoub has received more than 168,740 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lounès Matoub is the 1,412th most popular singer, the 117th most popular biography from Algeria and the 3rd most popular Algerian Singer.

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  • 170k

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  • 45.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lounès Matoub ranks 1,412 out of 3,528Before him are Long John Baldry, Kelly Rowland, Tom Lehrer, Kesha, Jovanotti, and Neal Morse. After him are Tricky, Radojka Šverko, Lou Bega, José Guardiola, Usha Mangeshkar, and Fiorella Mannoia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Lounès Matoub ranks 319Before him are Peter Hook, Günther Jauch, Yurik Vardanyan, Steve Hogarth, Aleksandr Kaleri, and Hernán Darío Gómez. After him are Lee Ranaldo, Diane Warren, Tony Gilroy, Veronica Hart, Volen Siderov, and David Malpass. Among people deceased in 1998, Lounès Matoub ranks 227Before him are Luis Cruz, Ilse Bing, Valerie Hobson, Anna Maria Ortese, Pino Dordoni, and Giovanni Valetti. After him are Robert Young, Bella Abzug, Persis Khambatta, Josephine Hutchinson, Gevorg Emin, and Tadeusz Ślusarski.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Lounès Matoub ranks 117 out of 184Before him are Mustapha Dahleb (1952), Emmanuel Roblès (1914), Islam Slimani (1988), Abdelmalek Benhabyles (1921), Joseph Gonzales (1907), and Mustapha Zitouni (1928). After him are Joseph Alcazar (1911), Salima Ghezali (1958), Françoise Dürr (1942), Tahar Djaout (1954), Ernest Libérati (1906), and Jean Amrouche (1906).

Among SINGERS In Algeria

Among singers born in Algeria, Lounès Matoub ranks 3Before him are Cheb Mami (1966) and Idir (1949). After him are Biyouna (1952), Cheb Hasni (1968), Souad Massi (1972), Zaho (1980), and Kenza Farah (1986).