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Lucho Gatica

1928 - 2018

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Luis Enrique Gatica Silva (11 August 1928 – 13 November 2018), better known as Lucho Gatica was a Chilean bolero singer, film actor, and television host known as "the King of Bolero". He is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential exponents of the bolero and one of the most popular of all time worldwide. It is estimated that Gatica released more than 90 recordings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucho Gatica has received more than 165,758 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Lucho Gatica is the 1,144th most popular singer (down from 930th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Chile (down from 74th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chilean Singer.

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  • 170k

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  • 47.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lucho Gatica ranks 1,144 out of 3,528Before him are Biff Byford, Rino Gaetano, The Weeknd, Dave Davies, Nina Badrić, and Aaron Kwok. After him are Patrick Juvet, Siouxsie Sioux, Hanka Paldum, Alessandro Safina, Marcel Amont, and Steve Porcaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Lucho Gatica ranks 351Before him are William Trevor, Tom Lantos, Simón Díaz, Marian Seldes, Barbara Ann Scott, and Sivaji Ganesan. After him are Flóra Kádár, Gerhard Stoltenberg, Károly Sándor, Ann Blyth, Dara Singh, and Pierre Tchernia. Among people deceased in 2018, Lucho Gatica ranks 272Before him are Verne Troyer, Robby Müller, Jean Bourgain, Jacques Higelin, Vinnie Paul, and Theo-Ben Gurirab. After him are Kader Khan, Sven-Olov Sjödelius, André Lerond, Lindy Remigino, Davide Astori, and Kedarnath Singh.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Lucho Gatica ranks 100 out of 265Before him are Germán Riesco (1854), George Robledo (1926), Guillermo Riveros (1902), Manuel Plaza (1900), Chris Watson (1867), and Ulises Poirier (1897). After him are Guillermo Arellano (1908), Tomás Ojeda (1910), Emiliano Figueroa (1866), Ernesto Chaparro (1901), Jaime Ramírez (1931), and Ramón Barros Luco (1835).

Among SINGERS In Chile

Among singers born in Chile, Lucho Gatica ranks 2Before him are Víctor Jara (1932). After him are Mon Laferte (1983), Nicole (1977), Américo (1977), and Jena Lee (1987).