SINGER

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, and 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 185,549 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lounès Matoub is the 1,173rd most popular singer (up from 1,407th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 117th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Algerian Singer.

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  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lounès Matoub ranks 1,173 out of 4,381. Before him are Tony Dallara, Azis, Fred Buscaglione, Boubacar Traoré, David Sylvian, and Anna Maria Jopek. After him are Lonnie Donegan, Ted Neeley, Emina Jahović, Lightnin' Hopkins, Spagna, and Jonathan Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Lounès Matoub ranks 253. Before him are Lilli Carati, Peter Šťastný, Veronica Hart, Scott Columbus, Jamie Hyneman, and Simon Tahamata. After him are Steve Barron, Natalya Andreychenko, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Yurik Vardanyan, Vladislav Listyev, and Al Corley. Among people deceased in 1998, Lounès Matoub ranks 202. Before him are Consalvo Sanesi, Fred Alderman, Vladimir Dudintsev, Junior Wells, John Pulman, and Lamberto Gardelli. After him are Clara Calamai, Åke Seyffarth, André Bonin, Mikio Oda, Władysław Komar, and Gottfried Dienst.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Lounès Matoub ranks 114 out of 213. Before him are Solveig Dommartin (1961), Rachid Mekhloufi (1936), Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (1934), Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (1927), Kad Merad (1964), and Mustapha Dahleb (1952). After him are Islam Slimani (1988), Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani (1927), Boughera El Ouafi (1898), Youcef Yousfi (1941), Belaid Abdessalam (1928), and Abdelhamid Brahimi (1936).

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Among SINGERS In Algeria

Among singers born in Algeria, Lounès Matoub ranks 4. Before him are Idir (1949), Cheb Mami (1966), and Biyouna (1952). After him are Cheb Hasni (1968), Souad Massi (1972), Zaho (1980), and Kenza Farah (1986).

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