SINGER

Sandra

1962 - Today

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Sandra Ann Lauer (born 19 May 1962), later Sandra Cretu, commonly known mononymously as Sandra (German pronunciation: [ˈzandʁa]), is a German pop singer who enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s with a string of European hit singles, produced by her then-husband and musical partner, Michael Cretu, most notably "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" (1985), "In the Heat of the Night" (1985), "Everlasting Love" (1987), "Secret Land" (1988), "Hiroshima" (1990), and "Don't Be Aggressive" (1992). Her albums Into a Secret Land (1988) and Close to Seven (1992) have won Sandra high critical acclaim. Prior to embarking on a solo career, Sandra was the lead singer of the all-female disco trio Arabesque, which had a following in Japan and in Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sandra has received more than 243,433 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Sandra is the 114th most popular singer (up from 126th in 2019), the 603rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 692nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Singer.

Sandra Bullock is most famous for her role in the movie "Speed" and her Academy Award-winning performance in "The Blind Side."

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sandra ranks 114 out of 4,381. Before her are Anna Netrebko, Gloria Estefan, Nina Hagen, Marie Fredriksson, Ariana Grande, and Domenico Modugno. After her are Dolly Parton, Mina, Laura Branigan, Constanze Mozart, Eros Ramazzotti, and Mercedes Sosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Sandra ranks 13. Before her are Ismail Haniyeh, Jodie Foster, Nicolás Maduro, Demi Moore, Ralph Fiennes, and Olga Tokarczuk. After her are Abdullah II of Jordan, David Fincher, Antony Blinken, Alexander Litvinenko, Aleksandr Dugin, and Carlos Sainz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sandra ranks 603 out of 7,253. Before her are Willy Messerschmitt (1898), Fritz Walter (1920), Bruno Bauer (1809), Polykarp Kusch (1911), Felix Hoffmann (1868), and Hans-Dieter Flick (1965). After her are Rudolf von Jhering (1818), Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Julia Drusilla (16), Arno Breker (1900), Karl Wolff (1900), and Curd Jürgens (1915).

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Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Sandra ranks 6. Before her are Nico (1938), Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Klaus Meine (1948), Dieter Bohlen (1954), and Nina Hagen (1955). After her are Constanze Mozart (1762), Thomas Anders (1963), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925), Ivan Rebroff (1931), Nena (1960), and Marian Gold (1954).

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