1935 - 2009
Haydée Mercedes Sosa (Spanish pronunciation: [meɾˈseðes ˈsosa]; 9 July 1935 – 4 October 2009), sometimes known as La Negra (literally: 'The Black One'), was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of La nueva canción . She gave voice to songs written by many Latin American songwriters. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mercedes Sosa has received more than 482,311 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Mercedes Sosa is the 94th most popular singer (up from 95th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Argentina and the most popular Argentinean Singer.
Mercedes Sosa is a famous Argentine singer and songwriter. She was a major figure in the Latin American New Song Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Among singers, Mercedes Sosa ranks 94 out of 3,541. Before her are Jenny Lind, Dolly Parton, Gwen Stefani, Kenny Rogers, Lys Assia, and Diana Ross. After her are Morrissey, France Gall, Yma Sumac, Mirella Freni, Donna Summer, and Roy Orbison.
1820 - 1887
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 88
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 89
1969 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 90
1938 - 2020
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 91
1924 - 2018
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 92
1944 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 93
1935 - 2009
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 94
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 95
1947 - 2018
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 96
1923 - 2008
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 97
1935 - 2020
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 98
1948 - 2012
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 99
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 100
Among people born in 1935, Mercedes Sosa ranks 28. Before her are John Cazale, Ágota Kristóf, Fairuz, Bibi Andersson, Omar Sívori, and Faisal II of Iraq. After her are Mirella Freni, Gherman Titov, Jerry Lee Lewis, Omar Bongo, William Friedkin, and Mohamed Hussein Tantawi. Among people deceased in 2009, Mercedes Sosa ranks 17. Before her are Maurice Jarre, Farrah Fawcett, Ted Kennedy, Corazon Aquino, Les Paul, and Robert McNamara. After her are Vivian Maier, Maurice Druon, Ralf Dahrendorf, Omar Bongo, Bobby Robson, and Abdurrahman Wahid.
1935 - 1978
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 22
1935 - 2011
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 23
1935 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 24
1935 - 2019
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 25
1935 - 2005
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 26
1935 - 1958
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 27
1935 - 2009
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 28
1935 - 2020
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 29
1935 - 2000
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 30
1935 - Present
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 31
1935 - 2009
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 32
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 33
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 34
1924 - 2009
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 11
1947 - 2009
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 12
1932 - 2009
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 13
1933 - 2009
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 14
1915 - 2009
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 15
1916 - 2009
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 16
1935 - 2009
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 17
1926 - 2009
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 18
1918 - 2009
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 19
1929 - 2009
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 20
1935 - 2009
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 21
1933 - 2009
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 22
1940 - 2009
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 23
Among people born in Argentina, Mercedes Sosa ranks 18 out of 900. Before her are Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), José de San Martín (1778), Daniel Barenboim (1942), Lionel Messi (1987), Omar Sívori (1935), and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953). After her are Mario Kempes (1954), Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), Guillermo Stábile (1905), Helenio Herrera (1910), Carlos Menem (1930), and Gabriel Batistuta (1969).
1925 - 2013
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 12
1778 - 1850
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 13
1942 - Present
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 14
1987 - Present
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 15
1935 - 2005
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 16
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 17
1935 - 2009
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 18
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 19
1926 - 2003
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 20
1905 - 1966
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 21
1910 - 1997
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 22
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 23
1969 - Present
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 24
Among singers born in Argentina, Mercedes Sosa ranks 1. After her are Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908), Facundo Cabral (1937), Sandro de América (1945), Luis Alberto Spinetta (1950), Ricardo Montaner (1957), Roberto Goyeneche (1926), Gilda (1961), León Gieco (1951), Andrés Calamaro (1961), Marcelo Álvarez (1962), and Diego Torres (1971).
1935 - 2009
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 1
1908 - 1992
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 2
1937 - 2011
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 3
1945 - 2010
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 4
1950 - 2012
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 6
1926 - 1994
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 7
1961 - 1996
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 9
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 10
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 11
1971 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 12