SINGER

Rafael Orozco Maestre

1954 - 1992

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Rafael José Orozco Maestre (March 24, 1954 – June 11, 1992) was a Colombian singer of vallenato music. He was one of the major representatives of Colombian popular folk music and was lead singer and co-founder, alongside fellow accordionist Israel Romero, of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América, which was very popular in Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. Orozco was born in Becerril, Cesar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Orozco Maestre has received more than 139,733 page views. His biography is available in 167 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Rafael Orozco Maestre is the 441st most popular singer (up from 1,472nd in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Colombian Singer.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 167

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 10.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Rafael Orozco Maestre ranks 441 out of 4,381. Before him are Kaliopi, Helena Vondráčková, Vera Lynn, Maggie Reilly, Raphael, and Bobby Solo. After him are Marcia Barrett, Alice Babs, Camarón de la Isla, Dusty Hill, Jimin, and Maria Bethânia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Rafael Orozco Maestre ranks 99. Before him are Lina Romay, Elvis Costello, Viktor Medvedchuk, Steve Morse, Katey Sagal, and László Krasznahorkai. After him are Sergey Naryshkin, Annie Sprinkle, Abdelilah Benkirane, Dieter Müller, Chris Noth, and Pat Metheny. Among people deceased in 1992, Rafael Orozco Maestre ranks 79. Before him are Stella Adler, Gavriil Ilizarov, Marisa Mell, Deng Yingchao, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, and Isidro Lángara. After him are Camarón de la Isla, Heinrich Eberbach, Dick York, Ajahn Chah, Muhammad Asad, and Richard Brooks.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Rafael Orozco Maestre ranks 28 out of 356. Before him are James Rodríguez (1991), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Andrés Escobar (1967), Belisario Betancur (1923), Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), and Ernesto Samper (1950). After him are Manuel Marulanda (1930), Radamel Falcao (1986), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Álvaro Mutis (1923), and Laura Montoya (1874).

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Among SINGERS In Colombia

Among singers born in Colombia, Rafael Orozco Maestre ranks 2. Before him are Shakira (1977). After him are Juanes (1972), Carlos Vives (1961), Joe Arroyo (1955), Diomedes Díaz (1957), J Balvin (1985), Karol G (1991), Maluma (1994), Sebastián Yatra (1994), Camilo (1994), and Manuel Turizo (2000).

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