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Maria Farantouri

1947 - Today

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Maria Farantouri or Farandouri (Greek: Μαρία Φαραντούρη; born 28 November 1947 in Athens) is a Greek singer and also a political and cultural activist. She has collaborated with Greek composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the score for Pablo Neruda's Canto General, which Farantouri performed worldwide.During the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, Maria Farantouri recorded protest songs in Europe with Mikis Theodorakis. In 1971, she recorded Songs and Guitar Pieces by Theodorakis with Australian guitarist John Williams which included seven poems by Federico García Lorca. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Farantouri has received more than 104,459 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Farantouri is the 658th most popular singer (down from 505th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from Greece (down from 450th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Greek Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Maria Farantouris by language

Over the past year Maria Farantouri has had the most page views in the with 42,738 views, followed by English (12,806), and German (9,838). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (124.94%), Luxembourgish (113.89%), and Icelandic (88.42%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Maria Farantouri ranks 658 out of 4,381. Before her are Del Shannon, Wadih El Safi, Rick Parfitt, Sinan Sakić, Al Green, and Ljuba Welitsch. After her are Sam Hui, Brigitte Fontaine, Camilo Sesto, Barbara Hendricks, Rosemary Clooney, and Naomi Shemer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Maria Farantouri ranks 252. Before her are Regina Duarte, Novruz Mammadov, Viktor Klima, Uli Edel, Stefan Persson, and Sogyal Rinpoche. After her are Su Tseng-chang, Mile Mrkšić, Ray Wise, Gunnar Staalesen, William Atherton, and Hitoshi Igarashi.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Maria Farantouri ranks 510 out of 1,024. Before her are Isidore of Kiev (1385), Timotheus (-400), Kostas Karamanlis (1956), Glaucus of Corinth (null), Oenopides (-490), and Archidamus IV (-400). After her are Philitas of Cos (-400), Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (1950), Eurycratides (-600), Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), Machanidas (-254), and Kostis Palamas (1859).

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Among SINGERS In Greece

Among singers born in Greece, Maria Farantouri ranks 6. Before her are Nana Mouskouri (1934), Vicky Leandros (1949), Agnes Baltsa (1944), George Dalaras (1949), and Haris Alexiou (1950). After her are Sakis Rouvas (1962), Marinella (1938), Stelios Kazantzidis (1931), Glykeria (1953), Sotiria Bellou (1921), and Agathonas Iakovidis (1955).

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