SINGER

Maria Severa Onofriana

1820 - 1846

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Maria Severa Onofriana (26 July 1820 – 30 November 1846), also known simply as A Severa, was a Portuguese fado singer and guitarist. She is regarded, in her short life, as the first fado singer to have risen to fame, attaining a near-mythical status after her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Severa Onofriana has received more than 50,605 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Severa Onofriana is the 665th most popular singer, the 230th most popular biography from Portugal and the 4th most popular Portuguese Singer.

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  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Maria Severa Onofriana ranks 665 out of 4,381. Before her are Sam Hui, Brigitte Fontaine, Camilo Sesto, Barbara Hendricks, Rosemary Clooney, and Naomi Shemer. After her are Titta Ruffo, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Alan Lancaster, Raina Kabaivanska, Andrew Ridgeley, and Pat Boone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Maria Severa Onofriana ranks 37. Before her are Begum Hazrat Mahal, Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, Émile Augier, Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, and Alexander Cartwright. After her are Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, Reinhart Dozy, Gustave Le Gray, Sergey Solovyov, Cornelius Gurlitt, and Josef Mánes. Among people deceased in 1846, Maria Severa Onofriana ranks 16. Before her are Rodolphe Töpffer, Otto von Kotzebue, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Domenico Dragonetti, and Joseph Leopold Eybler. After her are Joseph Weigl, Étienne Pivert de Senancour, Esaias Tegnér, Bagyidaw, Alexander Chavchavadze, and Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Maria Severa Onofriana ranks 230 out of 633. Before her are Manuel Clemente (1948), Fernando Couto (1969), Francisco Lázaro (1891), António José de Almeida (1866), Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860), and Alexandre Herculano (1810). After her are Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (1515), Carlos Seixas (1704), Carlos Tavares (1958), Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), José Costa (1953), and Vasco Gonçalves (1921).

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Among SINGERS In Portugal

Among singers born in Portugal, Maria Severa Onofriana ranks 4. Before her are Amália Rodrigues (1920), Carmen Miranda (1909), and Zeca Afonso (1929). After her are Carlos do Carmo (1939), Mísia (1955), Dulce Pontes (1969), Lio (1962), Salvador Sobral (1989), Simone de Oliveira (1938), Sara Tavares (1978), and Paulo de Carvalho (1947).

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