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Nico

1938 - 1988

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Christa Päffgen (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪsta ˈpɛfɡn̩]; 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Reviewer Richard Goldstein described her as "half goddess, half icicle" and wrote that her distinctive voice "sounds something like a cello getting up in the morning." Nico had roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls (1966). At the insistence of Warhol, she sang lead on three songs of the Velvet Underground's debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nico has received more than 6,159,620 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Nico is the 35th most popular singer (up from 38th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Germany (up from 224th in 2019) and the most popular German Singer.

Nico is most famous for her contributions to the Velvet Underground, a rock band she was a part of with Lou Reed, John Cale, and Sterling Morrison. She also had a solo career and released five studio albums.

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  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Nico ranks 35 out of 4,381. Before her are Cesária Évora, Whitney Houston, Johnny Cash, Celine Dion, Mireille Mathieu, and Nana Mouskouri. After her are Barry White, Albano Carrisi, Amanda Lear, Barbra Streisand, Plácido Domingo, and Joe Cocker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Nico ranks 10. Before her are Beatrix of the Netherlands, Adriano Celentano, Claudia Cardinale, Rudolf Nureyev, Queen Sofía of Spain, and Jon Voight. After her are Islam Karimov, Leonid Kuchma, Farah Pahlavi, Luis Aragonés, Klaus Schwab, and Alberto Fujimori. Among people deceased in 1988, Nico ranks 4. Before her are Enzo Ferrari, Georgy Malenkov, and Richard Feynman. After her are Ernst Ruska, Valery Legasov, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Robert A. Heinlein, Chiang Ching-kuo, Chet Baker, and Roy Orbison.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Nico ranks 201 out of 7,253. Before her are Eduard Buchner (1860), Gottlob Frege (1848), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), Max Ernst (1891), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), and Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882). After her are Conrad III of Germany (1093), Jupp Heynckes (1945), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Nelly Sachs (1891), and Karl Liebknecht (1871).

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Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Nico ranks 1. After her are Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Klaus Meine (1948), Dieter Bohlen (1954), Nina Hagen (1955), Sandra (1962), Constanze Mozart (1762), Thomas Anders (1963), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925), Ivan Rebroff (1931), Nena (1960), and Marian Gold (1954).

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