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Maria Bethânia

1946 - Today

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Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (Portuguese pronunciation: [maˈɾiɐ beˈtɐ̃niɐ]; born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião" ("Opinion"), she is "The Queen of Brazilian Music". Due to its popularity, with performances all over the country, and the popularity of her 1965 single "Carcará", the artist became a star in Brazil.Bethânia is the sister of the singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso and of the writer-songwriter Mabel Velloso, as well as being aunt of the singers Belô Velloso and Jota Velloso. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Bethânia has received more than 256,489 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Maria Bethânia is the 447th most popular singer (up from 546th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 187th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Brazilian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Maria Bethânias by language

Over the past year Maria Bethânia has had the most page views in the with 360,033 views, followed by English (38,855), and Spanish (27,276). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Urdu (241.92%), Finnish (141.81%), and Occitan (138.89%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Maria Bethânia ranks 447 out of 4,381. Before her are Rafael Orozco Maestre, Marcia Barrett, Alice Babs, Camarón de la Isla, Dusty Hill, and Jimin. After her are Darío Moreno, Leila Mourad, Henri Salvador, Boy George, Nellie Melba, and Siw Malmkvist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Maria Bethânia ranks 192. Before her are Sawao Kato, Alpha Oumar Konaré, Lucien Van Impe, Ellison Onizuka, André Dussollier, and Irena Szewińska. After her are Matthieu Ricard, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Claire Denis, Toquinho, Ismail Khan, and Jean-Jacques Beineix.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Maria Bethânia ranks 158 out of 2,236. Before her are Princess Januária of Brazil (1822), Oscar Schmidt (1958), Hércules Brito Ruas (1939), Vera Fischer (1951), Tite (1961), and Adriano (1982). After her are Waldemar de Brito (1913), Toquinho (1946), Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1910), Aymoré Moreira (1912), Hélio Gracie (1913), and Charles, Duke of Guise (1571).

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Among SINGERS In Brazil

Among singers born in Brazil, Maria Bethânia ranks 6. Before her are Astrud Gilberto (1940), Roberto Carlos (1941), Elis Regina (1945), Loalwa Braz (1953), and Gal Costa (1945). After her are Elza Soares (1930), Jorge Ben (1942), Naná Vasconcelos (1944), Luiz Gonzaga (1912), Adoniran Barbosa (1910), and Lisa Ono (1962).

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