MUSICIAN

Sérgio Mendes

1941 - 2024

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Sérgio Santos Mendes (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈsɛʁʒju ˈsɐ̃tuʒ ˈmẽdʒiʃ]; 11 February 1941 – 5 September 2024) was a Brazilian musician. His career took off with worldwide hits by his band Brasil '66. He released 35 albums and was known for playing bossa nova, often mixed with funk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sérgio Mendes has received more than 1,810,644 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Sérgio Mendes is the 389th most popular musician (up from 397th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Brazilian Musician.

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  • 1.8M

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  • 63.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Sérgio Mendes ranks 389 out of 3,175. Before him are Ginger Baker, Michael Schenker, Agustín Barrios, Baden Powell, Tony Levin, and Adrian Smith. After him are András Schiff, Flea, Ian Anderson, Martin Gore, Buddy Rich, and Lucio Battisti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Sérgio Mendes ranks 141. Before him are Carlo Maria Viganò, Ole Nydahl, Rached Ghannouchi, George Smith, Beau Bridges, and Philippe Honoré. After him are Hisao Kami, Geoff Hurst, M. Stanley Whittingham, Alexander Gauland, Fabio Testi, and George Lakoff. Among people deceased in 2024, Sérgio Mendes ranks 111. Before him are Daniel Revenu, Christian Oliver, Fumihiko Maki, Toby Keith, Fredric Jameson, and Saleh al-Arouri. After him are Cissy Houston, Aleksandr Medved, Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Shannen Doherty, and Jan Assmann.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Sérgio Mendes ranks 135 out of 2,236. Before him are Gal Costa (1945), Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior (1954), Carlos José Castilho (1927), Baden Powell (1937), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), and Adriana Lima (1981). After him are Zé Roberto (1974), Raí (1965), Rubens Barrichello (1972), Augusto Boal (1931), Jânio Quadros (1917), and Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883).

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Among MUSICIANS In Brazil

Among musicians born in Brazil, Sérgio Mendes ranks 7. Before him are Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927), João Gilberto (1931), Caetano Veloso (1942), Gilberto Gil (1942), Chico Buarque (1944), and Baden Powell (1937). After him are Milton Nascimento (1942), Toquinho (1946), Rita Lee (1947), Nelson Freire (1944), Hermeto Pascoal (1936), and Zequinha de Abreu (1880).

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