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Naomi Shemer

1930 - 2004

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Naomi Shemer (Hebrew: נעמי שמר; July 13, 1930 – June 26, 2004) was a leading Israeli musician and songwriter, hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry." Her song "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" ("Jerusalem of Gold"), written in 1967, became an unofficial second anthem after Israel won the Six-Day War that year and reunited Jerusalem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naomi Shemer has received more than 219,132 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Naomi Shemer is the 664th most popular singer (up from 765th in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Israel and the 5th most popular Israeli Singer.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Naomi Shemer ranks 664 out of 4,381. Before her are Maria Farantouri, Sam Hui, Brigitte Fontaine, Camilo Sesto, Barbara Hendricks, and Rosemary Clooney. After her are Maria Severa Onofriana, Titta Ruffo, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Alan Lancaster, Raina Kabaivanska, and Andrew Ridgeley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Naomi Shemer ranks 223. Before her are Donn F. Eisele, Arnaldo Ochoa, Anerood Jugnauth, Borislav Pekić, Jimmy McLane, and José Ramón Machado Ventura. After her are Svatopluk Pluskal, Goro Shimura, The Big Bopper, Bora Kostić, Jacques Hamel, and Ross Perot. Among people deceased in 2004, Naomi Shemer ranks 122. Before her are Muhammad Zaidan, Briek Schotte, Werner Goldberg, Jacques Georges, Howard Keel, and Eddie Adams. After her are Joe Viterelli, Lucia Berlin, Juan Carlos Aramburu, Jesús Gil, Antonio Gades, and Takeshi Kamo.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Naomi Shemer ranks 213 out of 466. Before her are Arnon Milchan (1944), Yuval Ne'eman (1925), Israel Katz (1955), John of Patmos (50), Ralph Bakshi (1938), and Meir Shalev (1948). After her are Esther Hayut (1953), Gideon Levy (1953), Yvan Attal (1965), Nahum Stelmach (1936), Hiam Abbass (1960), and Arik Einstein (1939).

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Among SINGERS In Israel

Among singers born in Israel, Naomi Shemer ranks 5. Before her are Ofra Haza (1957), Dana International (1969), Achinoam Nini (1969), and Esther Ofarim (1941). After her are Arik Einstein (1939), Izhar Cohen (1951), Gali Atari (1953), Ilanit (1947), Rika Zaraï (1938), Carmela Corren (1938), and Yasmin Levy (1975).

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