COMPOSER

Sona Jobarteh

1983 - Today

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Sona Jobarteh (born 1983) is a Gambian multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. She is from one of the five principal kora-playing griot families of West Africa, and is the first female professional kora player to come from a griot family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sona Jobarteh has received more than 615,893 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sona Jobarteh is the 1,441st most popular composer (down from 1,349th in 2019), the 7,090th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,226th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Sona Jobarteh ranks 1,441 out of 1,451. Before her are Bombay Jayashri, Nicholas Britell, Isidora Žebeljan, Venetian Snares, Steven Price, and Igor Khoroshev. After her are Murray Gold, Osvaldo Golijov, Kailash Kher, Agata Zubel, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Aadesh Shrivastava.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Sona Jobarteh ranks 706. Before her are Ivan Saenko, Évelyne Brochu, Maxime Monfort, Yeom Ki-hun, Cara Gee, and Lara Stone. After her are Yūhei Tokunaga, Christophe Willem, Sebastián Viera, Katie Piper, Maialen Chourraut, and Alanzinho.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sona Jobarteh ranks 7,090 out of 8,785. Before her are Carwyn Jones (1967), Maisie Richardson-Sellers (1992), Chesney Hawkes (1971), Tim Flowers (1967), Thérèse Coffey (1971), and Gregory H. Johnson (1962). After her are Carl Barât (1978), Anthony Gordon (2001), Richard Hughes (1975), Katie Piper (1983), John Hartson (1975), and Simon Quarterman (1977).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Sona Jobarteh ranks 103. Before her are Elisabeth Lutyens (1906), Rupert Gregson-Williams (1966), Judith Weir (1954), James MacMillan (1959), Benjamin Wallfisch (1979), and Steven Price (1977). After her are Murray Gold (1969), and Alma Deutscher (2005).

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