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Chavela Vargas

1919 - 2012

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Chavela Vargas (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃaˈβela ˈβaɾɣas]; born María Isabel Anita Carmen de Jesús Vargas Lizano; 17 April 1919 – 5 August 2012) was a Costa Rican-born Mexican singer. She gained widespread recognition for her distinctive interpretations of Mexican rancheras. However, her impact extends beyond this genre, encompassing various styles within popular Latin American music. An influential interpreter, Vargas left a legacy on both the Americas and Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chavela Vargas is the 273rd most popular singer (down from 216th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Costa Rica and the most popular Costa Rican Singer.

Chavela Vargas is a famous Mexican singer who is most famous for her songs about love, death, and the Mexican Revolution.

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Among singers, Chavela Vargas ranks 273 out of 4,381. Before her are Lisa, Neil Diamond, Sam Cooke, Eduard Khil, Rosé, and Nena. After her are Asmahan, Phil Ochs, Udo Dirkschneider, George Benson, Nicolai Gedda, and Bülent Ersoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Chavela Vargas ranks 56. Before her are René Barrientos, Elisabeth Volkenrath, James Lovelock, Georges Duby, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, and Abdel Hakim Amer. After her are Ian Smith, Mieczysław Weinberg, Valentino Mazzola, Peter Abrahams, Ryszard Kaczorowski, and José Villalonga. Among people deceased in 2012, Chavela Vargas ranks 75. Before her are Harry Carey Jr., Bingu wa Mutharika, Malam Bacai Sanhá, Teófilo Stevenson, Eduard Khil, and Richard Lynch. After her are Ben Gazzara, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Helmut Haller, Hans Werner Henze, Harry Harrison, and Chris Marker.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, Chavela Vargas ranks 2 out of 134. Before her are Óscar Arias (1940). After her are Laura Chinchilla (1959), Felicia Montealegre Bernstein (1922), Keylor Navas (1986), Abel Pacheco (1933), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), Franklin Chang Díaz (1950), Christiana Figueres (1956), Rodrigo Chaves Robles (1961), Juan Mora Fernández (1784), and Harry Shum Jr. (1982).

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Among SINGERS In Costa Rica

Among singers born in Costa Rica, Chavela Vargas ranks 1. 

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