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Violeta Parra

1917 - 1967

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Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (Spanish pronunciation: [bjoˈleta ˈpara]; 4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (The Chilean New Song), a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music that would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile. Her birthdate (4 October) was chosen "Chilean Musicians' Day". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Violeta Parra has received more than 725,760 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Violeta Parra is the 208th most popular musician (down from 199th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Chile and the 2nd most popular Chilean Musician.

Violeta Parra is most famous for her song "Gracias a la Vida" which she wrote and composed.

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  • 730k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Violeta Parra ranks 208 out of 3,175. Before her are Amy Winehouse, Nikolai Rubinstein, Stan Getz, Gidon Kremer, Clara Haskil, and Ken Hensley. After her are Joe Jackson, Herbie Hancock, Stuart Sutcliffe, Lenny Kravitz, Snoop Dogg, and Mike Portnoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Violeta Parra ranks 51. Before her are Danielle Darrieux, Edward Norton Lorenz, Jack Kirby, Manolete, Andrew Huxley, and John Cornforth. After her are Maurice Duverger, William Standish Knowles, Leonora Carrington, Chung Il-kwon, Thelonious Monk, and Susan Hayward. Among people deceased in 1967, Violeta Parra ranks 41. Before her are Ossip Zadkine, Totò, John Cockcroft, Harald Quandt, Ejnar Hertzsprung, and Vladimir Bartol. After her are Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Otis Redding, Joseph Pilates, Abdel Hakim Amer, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, and Luigi Tenco.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Violeta Parra ranks 14 out of 321. Before her are Sebastián Piñera (1949), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Manuel Pellegrini (1953), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), Patricio Aylwin (1918), and Claudio Arrau (1903). After her are Roberto Bolaño (1953), Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911), Elías Figueroa (1946), Ricardo Lagos (1938), Lautaro (1534), and Iván Zamorano (1967).

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Among MUSICIANS In Chile

Among musicians born in Chile, Violeta Parra ranks 2. Before her are Claudio Arrau (1903). After her are Tom Araya (1961).

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