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Googoosh

1950 - Today

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Faegheh Atashin (Persian: فائقه آتشین; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (, Persian: [guːˈguːʃ] ), is an Iranian singer and former actress. Regarded as a pop icon, she is one of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, and her career has spanned over six decades. Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad. She is mainly known for her contributions to Iranian pop music, but she also starred in a variety of Persian movies from the 1950s to the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Googoosh is the 405th most popular singer (down from 321st in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Iran (down from 181st in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Googoosh ranks 405 out of 4,381. Before her are Kiri Te Kanawa, Jessye Norman, Giuditta Pasta, Selena Gomez, Zdravko Čolić, and Malcolm McLaren. After her are Wolf Biermann, Adelina Patti, Dave Gahan, Liz Mitchell, Jackie Jackson, and Sacha Distel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Googoosh ranks 116. Before her are Ken Kutaragi, Tomomi Seo, Ubaldo Fillol, John Hughes, James Rothman, and Javier Clemente. After her are Jorge Carlos Fonseca, Eric Carr, Miho Kaneda, Jeffery Deaver, Genesis P-Orridge, and Rick Baker.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Googoosh ranks 197 out of 631. Before her are Abdullah Mirza (1433), Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (1145), Sati Beg (1300), Simko Shikak (1887), Quli Qutb Shah (1470), and Mithridates IV of Parthia (null). After her are Orodes III of Parthia (-100), Amastrine (-400), Baba Tahir (947), Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), Barbet Schroeder (1941), and 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi (930).

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Among SINGERS In Iran

Among singers born in Iran, Googoosh ranks 1. After her are Hayedeh (1942), Arash (1977), Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (1940), Sami Yusuf (1980), Ebi (1949), Rita (1962), Shahram Nazeri (1950), Dariush (1951), Sevdaliza (1987), Andy (1958), and Azam Ali (1970).

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