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Valery Leontiev

1949 - Today

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Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev (Russian: Валерий Яковлевич Леонтьев; born 19 March 1949) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, sometimes songwriter and actor, whose popularity peaked in the 1980s and 1990s. He was titled a People's Artist of Russia in 1996. During his career, he achieved international success in Eastern Europe, has the status of a pop icon along with Alla Pugacheva, and is a winner of ZD Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valery Leontiev has received more than 256,749 page views. His biography is available in 130 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 133 in 2019). Valery Leontiev is the 203rd most popular singer (up from 209th in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 399th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Singer.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 130

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 10.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Valery Leontiev ranks 203 out of 4,381. Before him are Eric Burdon, Udo Jürgens, Viktor Tsoi, Alessandro Moreschi, David Coverdale, and Anastacia. After him are Dionne Warwick, Ben E. King, Mahalia Jackson, Dr. Dre, Mariska Veres, and Britney Spears.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Valery Leontiev ranks 72. Before him are Teófilo Cubillas, Sissy Spacek, Issei Sagawa, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Cliff Williams, and Philippe Petit. After him are Philippe Starck, Ivana Trump, Vicky Leandros, Mick Taylor, Morten Olsen, and Brahim Ghali.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valery Leontiev ranks 392 out of 3,761. Before him are Leonid Andreyev (1871), Andrei Bely (1880), George Ostrogorsky (1902), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788), and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890). After him are Vasily Perov (1834), Anton Arensky (1861), Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882), Jani Beg (1300), Adelina Sotnikova (1996), and Vasili Kuznetsov (1901).

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Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Valery Leontiev ranks 6. Before him are Alla Pugacheva (1949), Anna Netrebko (1971), Feodor Chaliapin (1873), Eduard Khil (1934), and Viktor Tsoi (1962). After him are Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Georg Ots (1920), Martti Talvela (1935), and Elena Obraztsova (1939).

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