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Vicky Leandros

1949 - Today

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Vasiliki Papathanasiou (Greek: Βασιλική Παπαθανασίου, IPA: [vasiliˈci papaθanaˈsi.u]; born 23 August 1949), generally known as Vicky Leandros (Greek: Βίκυ Λέανδρος, IPA: [ˈvici ˈle.anðros]), is a Greek singer living in Germany. She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou (also known as Leo Leandros as well as Mario Panas). In 1967, she achieved worldwide fame after gaining fourth place for the country of Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "L'amour est bleu", which became a worldwide hit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vicky Leandros has received more than 622,028 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Vicky Leandros is the 219th most popular singer (up from 295th in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Greece (up from 324th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Singer.

Vicky Leandros is most famous for winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 with the song "Tom Pillibi."

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  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Vicky Leandros ranks 219 out of 4,381. Before her are Mylène Farmer, Boris Christoff, Etta James, Chavela Vargas, George Benson, and Nicolai Ghiaurov. After her are Teresa Berganza, Mario Del Monaco, George Strait, Rob Halford, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and Petula Clark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Vicky Leandros ranks 75. Before her are Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Cliff Williams, Philippe Petit, Valery Leontiev, Philippe Starck, and Ivana Trump. After her are Mick Taylor, Morten Olsen, Brahim Ghali, Carl Bildt, Margareta of Romania, and Gary Ridgway.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Vicky Leandros ranks 268 out of 1,024. Before her are Andocides (-440), Cynisca (-430), Lycophron (-320), Rigas Feraios (1757), George Maniakes (998), and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872). After her are Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180), Agis II (-490), Ugo Foscolo (1778), Alexandros Papagos (1883), Cyril Lucaris (1572), and Euphronios (-520).

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Among SINGERS In Greece

Among singers born in Greece, Vicky Leandros ranks 2. Before her are Nana Mouskouri (1934). After her are Agnes Baltsa (1944), George Dalaras (1949), Haris Alexiou (1950), Maria Farantouri (1947), Sakis Rouvas (1962), Marinella (1938), Stelios Kazantzidis (1931), Glykeria (1953), Sotiria Bellou (1921), and Agathonas Iakovidis (1955).

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