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Sotiria Bellou

1921 - 1997

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Sotiria Bellou (Greek: Σωτηρία Μπέλλου) (August 22, 1921 – August 27, 1997) was a Greek singer and performer of the rebetiko style of music. She was one of the most famous rebetisa of all, mentioned in many music guides, and a contributor to the 1984 British Documentary entitled Music of the Outsiders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sotiria Bellou has received more than 97,589 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sotiria Bellou is the 1,250th most popular singer (down from 1,076th in 2019), the 722nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 664th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Greek Singer.

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  • 98k

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  • 48.43

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sotiria Bellou ranks 1,250 out of 4,381Before her are Taos Amrouche, Glykeria, Skeeter Davis, Rosario Flores, Najwa Karam, and Bobby Womack. After her are Alison Moyet, Dulce Pontes, Janet Baker, Jenny Berggren, Lasse Mårtenson, and Charlie Dominici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Sotiria Bellou ranks 296Before her are H. C. Artmann, Juan José Arreola, Michalina Wisłocka, Ted Schroeder, Francis Blanche, and Heinrich Schmid. After her are Joseph Iléo, Ruth Orkin, Steve Allen, Karen Hoff, Ernest Gold, and Dominique Mbonyumutwa. Among people deceased in 1997, Sotiria Bellou ranks 214Before her are Marshall Applewhite, Ondino Viera, Ben Hogan, David Doyle, Ivan Yarygin, and Charles Hallahan. After her are Helene Hanff, Albín Brunovský, Dharamvir Bharati, Eddie Chapman, Enrique Peralta Azurdia, and Erich Eliskases.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Sotiria Bellou ranks 722 out of 1,024Before her are Kostas Karyotakis (1896), Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis (1863), Mimis Domazos (1942), Yannis Tsarouchis (1910), Georgios Theotokis (1844), and Glykeria (1953). After her are Thrasymedes (null), Alexandros Papanastasiou (1876), Androsthenes of Thasos (-400), Spyridon Lambros (1851), Theofanis Gekas (1980), and Lucius Shepard (1943).

Among SINGERS In Greece

Among singers born in Greece, Sotiria Bellou ranks 11Before her are Haris Alexiou (1950), Maria Farantouri (1947), Sakis Rouvas (1962), Marinella (1938), Stelios Kazantzidis (1931), and Glykeria (1953). After her are Agathonas Iakovidis (1955), Jimmy Makulis (1935), Eleftheria Arvanitaki (1957), Katy Garbi (1961), Giorgos Alkaios (1971), and Kostas Martakis (1984).