MUSICIAN

Nolwenn Leroy

1982 - Today

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Nolwenn Le Magueresse (French pronunciation: [nolwɛn lə maɡəʁɛs]; born 28 September 1982), known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy (pronounced [nolwɛn ləʁwa]), is a French musician and actress. Originally classically trained (violin and opera singing), she rose to fame after winning the second season of the French television music competition Star Academy in 2002. She has since recorded eight studio albums and scored two number one singles, "Cassé" and "Nolwenn Ohwo!", on the French charts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nolwenn Leroy has received more than 423,247 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Nolwenn Leroy is the 2,324th most popular musician (down from 2,203rd in 2019), the 5,367th most popular biography from France (down from 4,888th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular French Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Nolwenn Leroy ranks 2,324 out of 3,175Before her are James Iha, Mark Jansen, Charlie Benante, John Parr, Eugene Wright, and Adam Taubitz. After her are Adriana Calcanhotto, Delta Goodrem, Erick Morillo, Nicolas Chumachenco, Ulf Ekberg, and John 5.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Nolwenn Leroy ranks 259Before her are Veronica Campbell-Brown, Lotte Verbeek, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Aleksandar Luković, Beatriz Luengo, and Kalu Uche. After her are Lee So-yeon, Carlos Delfino, Missy Peregrym, Hong Yong-jo, Cécile Cassel, and Pere Aragonès.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nolwenn Leroy ranks 5,367 out of 6,770Before her are André Testut (1926), Maylis de Kerangal (1967), Jérôme Kerviel (1977), David Diop (1966), Valérien Ismaël (1975), and Philippe Riboud (1957). After her are Luc Leblanc (1966), Jordan Veretout (1993), Abdelkader Ghezzal (1984), Yves Delacour (1930), Noémie Merlant (1988), and Cécile Cassel (1982).

Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Nolwenn Leroy ranks 72Before her are Marc Minkowski (1962), Kavinsky (1975), Pierre Bastien (1953), Stuart Price (1977), DJ Snake (1986), and Vitalic (1976). After her are Yoann Lemoine (1983), Sébastien Tellier (1975), Joe Duplantier (1976), Christine and the Queens (1988), Renaud Capuçon (1976), and Laurent Wolf (1971).