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Trịnh Công Sơn

1939 - 2001

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Trịnh Công Sơn (February 28, 1939 – April 1, 2001) was a Vietnamese musician, songwriter, painter and poet. He is widely considered to be Vietnam's best songwriter. His music explores themes of love, loss, and anti-war sentiments during the Vietnam War, for which he was censored by both the southern Republic of Vietnam and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Trịnh Công Sơn has received more than 312,175 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Trịnh Công Sơn is the 1,227th most popular musician (down from 1,069th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 79th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Vietnamese Musician.

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  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Trịnh Công Sơn ranks 1,227 out of 3,175. Before her are Lamberto Gardelli, Yvonne Loriod, Carlo Alfredo Piatti, José María Ventura Casas, Steve Stevens, and Pepe Romero. After her are Norah Jones, Mark Isham, Mick Jones, Bob Rock, Chris Barber, and Sabine Meyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Trịnh Công Sơn ranks 356. Before her are Adrienne Clarkson, Theo Waigel, Brigitte Fassbaender, Ernst Zündel, István Kozma, and Michael J. Pollard. After her are James Mancham, Viktor Sadovnichiy, László Kovács, Allen Garfield, Osvaldo Hurtado, and Sumio Iijima. Among people deceased in 2001, Trịnh Công Sơn ranks 205. Before her are Alberto Gallardo, Joe Henderson, Burkhard Heim, Mario Perazzolo, Yuri Ozerov, and Juan Acuña. After her are Tommy Flanagan, Bernard Heuvelmans, Simon Slåttvik, Boris Rybakov, Joe Fagan, and Sivaji Ganesan.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Trịnh Công Sơn ranks 90 out of 136. Before her are Phan Văn Khải (1934), Nick Ut (1951), Võ Văn Thưởng (1970), Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (1959), Dương Thu Hương (1947), and Phạm Hùng (1912). After her are Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1940), Phan Thanh Giản (1796), Phạm Minh Mẫn (1934), Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (1938), Ngô Bảo Châu (1972), and Phạm Duy (1921).

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Among MUSICIANS In Vietnam

Among musicians born in Vietnam, Trịnh Công Sơn ranks 2. Before her are Riccardo Cocciante (1946). After her are Phạm Duy (1921).

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