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Gaitana

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Gaita-Lurdes Klaverivna Essami (Ukrainian: Гайта-Лурдес Клаверівна Ессамі; born 24 March 1979), known professionally as Gaitana (Ukrainian: Гайтана), is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. Essami's style of pop music has been described as containing elements of jazz, funk, soul, and folk. She represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, performing the song "Be My Guest" and placing 15th in the final. Gaitana is the third Eurovision contestant of African origin ever to be born in the former USSR, after Lithuanian singer and guitarist Viktoras "Victor" Diawara of LT United and Estonian singer Daana Ots of Suntribe. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaitana is the 2,195th most popular singer (down from 2,183rd in 2024), the 1,004th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 1,002nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Ukrainian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Gaitana ranks 2,195 out of 4,381. Before her are Paula Seling, David Draiman, Sana, Mildred Bailey, Saweetie, and Mario Frangoulis. After her are Johnny Ace, Kristina Orbakaitė, Kristina Hautala, Sanja Doležal, Elitsa Todorova, and JB.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Gaitana ranks 278. Before her are Natasha Yarovenko, Tatyana Ali, Atsushi Ohkubo, Nika Melia, Jens Bergensten, and Natasha Lyonne. After her are Andriy Biletsky, Svetlana Khorkina, Wes Brown, Daniel Narcisse, Carlos Tenorio, and Tom Chaplin.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Gaitana ranks 1,004 out of 1,365. Before her are Sergei Semak (1976), Marians Pahars (1976), Nadiya Savchenko (1981), Yuri Budanov (1963), Volodymyr Lyutyi (1962), and Alexandr Dolgopolov (1988). After her are Andriy Biletsky (1979), Oles Buzina (1969), Ruslan Rotan (1981), Sergey Andreyev (1956), Svetlana Loboda (1982), and Vladimir Pilguy (1948).

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Among SINGERS In Ukraine

Among singers born in Ukraine, Gaitana ranks 27. Before her are Andriy Kuzmenko (1968), Natasha Korolyova (1973), Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (1975), Sophie Tucker (1886), Alla Kudlai (1954), and Taisia Povaliy (1964). After her are Svetlana Loboda (1982), Anna Sedokova (1982), Julia Sanina (1990), Vera Brezhneva (1982), Tayanna (1984), and Dasha Astafieva (1985).

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