SINGER

Silvio Rodríguez

1946 - Today

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Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez (born 29 November 1946) is a Cuban musician, and leader of the Nueva Trova movement. He is widely considered as Cuba's best folk singer and arguably one of Latin America's greatest singer-songwriters. Known for his intellectual, highly eloquent and symbolic lyrics, his songs are iconic elements of Latin American left-leaning popular culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Silvio Rodríguez has received more than 506,790 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Silvio Rodríguez is the 547th most popular singer (up from 581st in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Cuba (up from 55th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Cuban Singer.

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  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Silvio Rodríguez ranks 547 out of 4,381Before him are Emma Calvé, Angelica Catalani, Marietta Alboni, Asha Bhosle, Pierre Kartner, and Christophe. After him are Heidi Brühl, Tiny Tim, Renato Carosone, Afric Simone, Shania Twain, and Chubby Checker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Silvio Rodríguez ranks 225Before him are Antony Beevor, Norio Yoshimizu, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Michael Radford, Miguel Reina, and Grigory Margulis. After him are Alberto Colombo, Tom Savini, Craig Venter, John Waters, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, and Robert Metcalfe.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Silvio Rodríguez ranks 51 out of 300Before him are Ernesto Lecuona (1895), Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901), Carlos Finlay (1833), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929), Rubén González (1919), and Steven Bauer (1956). After him are Camila Cabello (1997), Dámaso Berenguer (1873), Ramón Fonst (1883), Mongo Santamaría (1917), Arnaldo Ochoa (1930), and Antonio Maceo Grajales (1845).

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Among SINGERS In Cuba

Among singers born in Cuba, Silvio Rodríguez ranks 7Before him are Gloria Estefan (1957), Celia Cruz (1925), Ibrahim Ferrer (1927), Omara Portuondo (1930), Pérez Prado (1916), and Rita Marley (1946). After him are Camila Cabello (1997), Mongo Santamaría (1917), Pablo Milanés (1943), Benny Moré (1919), Laurel Aitken (1927), and Olga Guillot (1922).