SINGER

Manu Chao

1961 - Today

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Manu Chao (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmanu ˈtʃao]; born José Manuel Tomás Arturo Chao Ortega on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his musical career in Paris, busking and playing with groups such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos, which combined a variety of languages and musical styles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manu Chao has received more than 2,403,179 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Manu Chao is the 138th most popular singer (up from 175th in 2019), the 931st most popular biography from France (up from 1,095th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Singer.

Manu Chao is a French singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Spanish origin. He is most famous for his music, which blends rock, ska, and world music.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Manu Chaos by language

Over the past year Manu Chao has had the most page views in the with 372,193 views, followed by Spanish (292,309), and French (241,862). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (109.26%), Occitan (94.37%), and Southern Azerbaijani (75.27%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Manu Chao ranks 138 out of 4,381. Before him are Grace Jones, Bing Crosby, Annie Lennox, Bryan Adams, Falco, and Marie-Louise O'Murphy. After him are Georges Moustaki, Maria Malibran, John Lee Hooker, Bryan Ferry, Billy Joel, and Astrud Gilberto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Manu Chao ranks 20. Before him are Julia Gillard, Peter Jackson, Petr Pavel, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Carlos Valderrama, and Robert Carlyle. After him are Joseph Kony, Nastassja Kinski, Samy Naceri, Woody Harrelson, Forest Whitaker, and Laurence Fishburne.

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In France

Among people born in France, Manu Chao ranks 931 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758), Adela of Champagne (1140), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737), Georges Bernanos (1888), and Rosa Bonheur (1822). After him are Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764), Joseph Babinski (1857), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1480), François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), and Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764).

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Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Manu Chao ranks 12. Before him are France Gall (1947), Johnny Hallyday (1943), Françoise Hardy (1944), Gilbert Bécaud (1927), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (1974), and Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737). After him are Maria Malibran (1808), Georges Brassens (1921), Desireless (1952), Charles Trenet (1913), Caterina Valente (1931), and Jacqueline Boyer (1941).

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