SINGER

Naná Vasconcelos

1944 - 2016

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Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos (2 August 1944 – 9 March 2016), was a Brazilian percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, notable for his work as a solo artist on over two dozen albums, and as a backing musician with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti, Gato Barbieri, and Milton Nascimento. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naná Vasconcelos has received more than 178,096 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Naná Vasconcelos is the 813th most popular singer (down from 747th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 276th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Brazilian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Naná Vasconcelos ranks 813 out of 4,381. Before him are Lyudmila Zykina, Gregg Allman, Hildegard Behrens, Lotte Lehmann, Patti LaBelle, and Little Walter. After him are Basia, Bora Đorđević, Afrika Bambaataa, Serge Lama, Anneke Grönloh, and Luis Fonsi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Naná Vasconcelos ranks 332. Before him are Connie Booth, Bruno Platter, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Roberto Miranda, Patti LaBelle, and Harun Farocki. After him are Abdul Qadir, Jan Olsson, Richard Robarts, Anthony Heald, Ján Čarnogurský, and José Wilker. Among people deceased in 2016, Naná Vasconcelos ranks 211. Before him are David Huddleston, Michel Delpech, Georges Cottier, Arnold Wesker, Vilmos Zsigmond, and Pete Burns. After him are Signe Toly Anderson, Patty Duke, Bernard Fox, Paulo Evaristo Arns, Jamshid Amouzegar, and Yang Jiang.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Naná Vasconcelos ranks 329 out of 2,236. Before him are Bernardo Guimarães (1825), Nílton de Sordi (1931), Éder Aleixo de Assis (1957), Oswald de Andrade (1890), Serginho Chulapa (1953), and Roberto Miranda (1944). After him are Neco (1895), Maria Quitéria (1792), Fred (1983), Bertha Lutz (1894), Walter Salles (1956), and Sonny Anderson (1970).

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Among SINGERS In Brazil

Among singers born in Brazil, Naná Vasconcelos ranks 9. Before him are Elis Regina (1945), Loalwa Braz (1953), Gal Costa (1945), Maria Bethânia (1946), Elza Soares (1930), and Jorge Ben (1942). After him are Luiz Gonzaga (1912), Adoniran Barbosa (1910), Lisa Ono (1962), Flora Purim (1942), Michel Teló (1981), and Clara Nunes (1942).

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