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Alaska

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Olvido Gara Jova (born June 13, 1963), known professionaly as Alaska, is a Spanish-Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, television host and DJ. She was born and raised in Mexico City, until the age of 10, when her family moved to Spain. In Spain, she was a guitarist in the group Kaka de Luxe, until 1979, when she became the vocalist and composer of Alaska y los Pegamoides, a group with which she reached her first number one thanks to "Bailando", acquiring great recognition at a national level and in some Spanish-speaking countries. From 1983, she was the vocalist and composer of Alaska y Dinarama; group with which she continued releasing albums that reached a wide popularity. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Alaska is the 1,808th most popular singer (down from 1,783rd in 2024), the 358th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 348th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Mexican Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Alaska ranks 1,808 out of 4,381. Before her are Kid Rock, Samira Efendi, Sharon Robinson, Kenan Doğulu, Sarah Connor, and Schoolboy Q. After her are In-Grid, Charles Brown, Sandra Nasić, Judee Sill, Judith Durham, and Jessica Simpson.

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Among people born in 1963, Alaska ranks 408. Before her are Fernando Villavicencio, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Sükhbaataryn Batbold, Heino Ferch, Rikiya Koyama, and Paula Ivan. After her are Thomas Brezina, Scott Ian, Denniz Pop, Domenico Battaglia, Larry the Cable Guy, and Franck Dubosc.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Alaska ranks 358 out of 729. Before her are Joaquín Capilla (1928), Andrés Guardado (1986), Tomás Boy (1951), Javier Hernández (1961), Héctor Pulido (1942), and Rafael Garza Gutiérrez (1896). After her are Juan Ignacio Basaguren (1944), Alfredo Sánchez (1904), Jaime Salazar (1931), Benito Archundia (1966), Tenoch Huerta (1981), and Juan Manuel Márquez (1973).

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Among SINGERS In Mexico

Among singers born in Mexico, Alaska ranks 9. Before her are Thalía (1971), Juan Gabriel (1950), Jorge Negrete (1910), José Alfredo Jiménez (1926), Paulina Rubio (1971), and María Grever (1885). After her are Anahí (1983), Alejandro Fernández (1971), Marco Antonio Solís (1959), Dulce María (1985), Fermín IV (1974), and Yuri (1964).

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