SINGER

Michelle

1972 - Today

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Tanja Gisela Hewer (born 15 February 1972), known by the stage name Michelle, is a German schlager singer. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song Wer Liebe lebt ("To Live for Love"), which placed eighth from 23 participating countries with 66 points. Since her debut in 1992 she has won numerous awards, including two Echo awards, two Goldene Stimmgabeln and two Amadeus Austria awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michelle has received more than 275,695 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Michelle is the 2,206th most popular singer (up from 2,304th in 2019), the 5,700th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,141st in 2019) and the 96th most popular German Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Michelle ranks 2,206 out of 4,381Before her are Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi, Normani, Wei Wei, Era Istrefi, Yvonne Catterfeld, and Philippe Lafontaine. After her are Tove Lo, Lydia Lunch, Grégory Lemarchal, Crystal Waters, Aimee Mann, and Daimaou Kosaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Michelle ranks 413Before her are Yasunori Mitsuda, Arif Erdem, Jennifer Syme, Sandrine Holt, Joe Hill, and Rachel Brice. After her are Karan Johar, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Piotr Adamczyk, Masayuki Okano, Mehmet Kurtuluş, and Grant Hill.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michelle ranks 5,700 out of 7,253Before her are Ulrich Wehling (1952), Harald Schmid (1957), Christina Heinich (1949), Bushido (1978), Yvonne Catterfeld (1979), and André Lotterer (1981). After her are Frank Rost (1973), Jenny Erpenbeck (1967), DJ Hell (1962), John Kilian (1811), Ulrike Bruns (1953), and Wolfgang Hoppe (1957).

Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Michelle ranks 96Before her are Xavier Naidoo (1971), René Pape (1964), Campino (1962), Geoff Tate (1959), Maria Radner (1981), and Yvonne Catterfeld (1979). After her are Kim Petras (1992), Roger Cicero (1970), Gentleman (1975), Sido (1980), Guildo Horn (1963), and Ayọ (1980).