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Sayed Darwish

1892 - 1923

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Sayed Darwish (Arabic: سيد درويش, IPA: [ˈsæjjed dæɾˈwiːʃ]; 17 March 1892 – 14 September 1923) was an Egyptian singer and composer who was considered the father of Egyptian popular music and one of Egypt's greatest musicians and seen by some as its single greatest composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sayed Darwish has received more than 173,502 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sayed Darwish is the 594th most popular singer (down from 549th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 341st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Egyptian Singer.

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  • 170k

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  • 52.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sayed Darwish ranks 594 out of 3,528. Before him are Heidi Brühl, Šaban Bajramović, Lola Novaković, Helen Kane, Jay-Z, and René Jacobs. After him are Júlia Várady, Graham Bonnet, Jeanette, Christina Nilsson, Roza Eskenazi, and Mary Hopkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Sayed Darwish ranks 132. Before him are Liu Bocheng, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, John Alcock, Yi Kwang-su, Charles Nungesser, and Robert Watson-Watt. After him are Alberto Bayo, Joseph Szigeti, Bessie Coleman, Maximilian Fretter-Pico, Peljidiin Genden, and Victor de Sabata. Among people deceased in 1923, Sayed Darwish ranks 54. Before him are Mohammad Yaqub Khan, Théophile Delcassé, Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, Dora Pejačević, Katō Tomosaburō, and Fritz Mauthner. After him are Louis Couperus, Semyon Alapin, Hermes da Fonseca, Takeo Arishima, Stojan Protić, and Ruy Barbosa.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Sayed Darwish ranks 348 out of 582. Before him are Sameera Moussa (1917), Moshé Mizrahi (1931), Albert Cossery (1913), Apollonius Dyscolus (200), Nebetah (-1350), and Ibn Taghribirdi (1410). After him are Cleomenes of Naucratis (-400), Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah (1096), Beketaten (-1400), Al-Musta'li (1076), Hazem El Beblawi (1936), and Sobekemsaf I (-1650).

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Among SINGERS In Egypt

Among singers born in Egypt, Sayed Darwish ranks 9. Before him are Umm Kulthum (1898), Georges Moustaki (1934), Claude François (1939), Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1901), Leila Mourad (1918), and Amr Diab (1961). After him are Gohar Gasparyan (1924), Richard Anthony (1938), Guy Béart (1930), Tefta Tashko-Koço (1910), Angham (1972), and Sherine (1980).

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