MUSICIAN

Viguen

1929 - 2003

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Viguen (born Viguen Derderian, Persian: ویگن دردریان, Vigen Derderyân; Armenian: Վիգէն Տէրտէրեան, Vigēn Tērtērian; 23 November 1929 – 26 October 2003) was an Iranian pop music singer and actor. He was known "King of Iranian pop" and the "Sultan of Jazz." He was an Iranian Armenian by ethnicity and sang in both Persian and Armenian. During the golden age of Persian pop (the early 1970s) until the 1979 Islamic Revolution, many Iranian performers and celebrities—among them Delkash, Pouran, and Elaheh—yearned to be associated with him. He moved to the United States in 1971 and lived the rest of his life there. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viguen has received more than 223,314 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Viguen is the 1,146th most popular musician, the 363rd most popular biography from Iran and the 2nd most popular Iranian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Viguen ranks 1,146 out of 3,175. Before him are Ewa Demarczyk, Paul Butterfield, Antonio Maria Bononcini, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Scott LaFaro, and Sophie Menter. After him are Klaus Doldinger, Tamás Vásáry, Lūcija Garūta, Floyd Westerman, Joey Kramer, and Shura Cherkassky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Viguen ranks 301. Before him are Fazlur Rahman Khan, Dominique Fernandez, Terry Sawchuk, Karl-Erik Palmér, Bob Brookmeyer, and Nicolas Bouvier. After him are Nusrat Bhutto, József Tóth, Petr Eben, Charles Antenen, Adalet Ağaoğlu, and Ray Barretto. Among people deceased in 2003, Viguen ranks 206. Before him are Kató Lomb, Veikko Hakulinen, Strom Thurmond, Piet Dankert, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, and Fedora Barbieri. After him are Lev Kerbel, Art Carney, Anita Borg, Yuriy Voynov, Jesse Carver, and Tomáš Pospíchal.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Viguen ranks 363 out of 631. Before him are Hushang Ebtehaj (1928), Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi (1935), Hassan Ali Mansur (1923), Zia ol Din Tabatabaee (1888), Ismail III (1733), and Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani (1001). After him are Nusrat Bhutto (1929), Sardar Azmoun (1995), Marshall Manesh (1950), Ehsan Yarshater (1920), Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh (1892), and Alenush Terian (1921).

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Among MUSICIANS In Iran

Among musicians born in Iran, Viguen ranks 2. Before him are Safi al-Din al-Urmawi (1216). After him are Hossein Alizadeh (1951), Kayhan Kalhor (1963), Shahin Najafi (1980), and Salim Ghazi Saeedi (1981).

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