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MUSICIAN

Phạm Duy

1921 - 2013

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Phạm Duy (5 October 1921 – 27 January 2013) was one of Vietnam's most prolific songwriters with a musical career that spanned more than seven decades through some of the most turbulent periods of Vietnamese history and with more than one thousand songs to his credit, he is widely considered one of the three most salient and influential figures of modern Vietnamese music, along with Văn Cao and Trịnh Công Sơn. His music is noted for combining elements of traditional music with new methods, creating melodies that are both modern and traditional. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phạm Duy has received more than 104,206 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Phạm Duy is the 1,295th most popular musician (down from 1,212th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 79th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Vietnamese Musician.

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  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Phạm Duy ranks 1,295 out of 2,662. Before him are Peter Brötzmann, Leslie Bricusse, Brad Delson, Franco Luambo, Michael Sembello, and Clifford Curzon. After him are D. J. Fontana, Mary Wilson, Alan White, Liam Howlett, Johnny Mercer, and John Mayhew.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Phạm Duy ranks 286. Before him are Walter Rudin, Heinrich Schmid, Chico Hamilton, Karen Hoff, H. C. Artmann, and Michel Boisrond. After him are Ettore Chimeri, Dominique Mbonyumutwa, Roger Bocquet, Al Pease, Tore Sjöstrand, and Giorgio Scarlatti. Among people deceased in 2013, Phạm Duy ranks 301. Before him are Lorenzo Antonetti, Joseph Paul Franklin, Antonio Puchades, Helen Thomas, Nino Bibbia, and Sylvia Browne. After him are José Luis Sampedro, Raimondo D'Inzeo, Hassan Habibi, Moses Blah, Ole Ernst, and Steve Forrest.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Phạm Duy ranks 88 out of 124. Before him are Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1940), Phan Thanh Giản (1796), Hanoi Hannah (1931), Jonathan Ke Quan (1971), Nick Ut (1951), and Gaston Aumoitte (1884). After him are Dương Thu Hương (1947), Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (1959), Phạm Minh Mẫn (1934), Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân (1954), Philipp Rösler (1973), and Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (1938).

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Among MUSICIANS In Vietnam

Among musicians born in Vietnam, Phạm Duy ranks 3. Before him are Riccardo Cocciante (1946) and Trịnh Công Sơn (1939).

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