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Soraya

1969 - 2006

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Soraya Raquel Lamilla Cuevas (March 11, 1969 – May 10, 2006) was a Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer. A successful Colombian music star, she had two number-one songs on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay charts. She won a 2004 Latin Grammy Award for "Best Album by Songwriter" for the self-titled album Soraya, which she produced, and received a 2005 Latin Grammy Award nomination for "Female Pop Vocal Album" for her album El Otro Lado de Mi (literally "The Other Side of Me"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Soraya has received more than 228,226 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Soraya is the 2,065th most popular singer (down from 1,806th in 2019), the 11,072nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,787th in 2019) and the 538th most popular American Singer.

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  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Soraya ranks 2,065 out of 4,381. Before her are Siobhan Fahey, David Ruffin, Bosson, Jam Master Jay, Annie Haslam, and Matthieu Chedid. After her are Bebe, Julie Driscoll Tippetts, Dani Filth, Adam Ant, Kristina Hautala, and Billy Bragg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Soraya ranks 435. Before her are Fiona May, Jason Kouchak, Helena Noguerra, Roberto Balado, Lee Beom-soo, and Bosson. After her are Merieme Chadid, Goya Toledo, Jean-Christophe Boullion, Serafim Todorov, Sergei Yuran, and Kevin Cheng. Among people deceased in 2006, Soraya ranks 359. Before her are Gun Röring, László Jeney, Martin David Kruskal, Henriette Avram, Atanas Mihaylov, and Joseph Vissers. After her are Sybille Bedford, Tamara Dobson, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Valentín Elizalde, Geir Ivarsøy, and Edward Albert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Soraya ranks 11,072 out of 20,380. Before her are Lauren Weisberger (1977), Al Foster (1943), Balthazar Getty (1975), Matt Hardy (1974), Richard Edson (1954), and James H. Billington (1929). After her are Thane Baker (1931), Barney Bigard (1906), Kristine Lilly (1971), Oguchi Onyewu (1982), Sidney Wood (1911), and Wilfred Benítez (1958).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Soraya ranks 538. Before her are Bobbie Gentry (1942), Slim Thug (1980), Mary Costa (1930), Jack Jones (1938), David Ruffin (1941), and Jam Master Jay (1965). After her are Dave Williams (1972), Rudy Vallée (1901), Johnny Tillotson (1938), David Miller (1973), Johnny Ace (1929), and Lucinda Williams (1953).

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