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Katrina Leskanich

1960 - Today

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Katrina Elizabeth Leskanich ( lesk-AH-nitch; born April 10, 1960) is an American-born, UK-based singer and musician and the former lead singer of the British pop rock band Katrina and the Waves. Their song "Walking on Sunshine" was an international hit in 1985. In 1997, the band won the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom with the song "Love Shine a Light". Both songs were written by Leskanich's long-term bandmate Kimberley Rew. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Katrina Leskanich is the 2,520th most popular singer (down from 2,379th in 2024), the 13,612th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,944th in 2019) and the 714th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Katrina Leskanich ranks 2,520 out of 4,381. Before her are Agnes Carlsson, Edsilia Rombley, Keely Smith, Tatiana Bulanova, David Allan Coe, and Ahlam. After her are Nora Bayes, Bappi Lahiri, Kang Daniel, Tracey Thorn, Bobby Bare, and Marie Serneholt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Katrina Leskanich ranks 624. Before her are William Monahan, Terence Winter, Jutta Behrendt, Olivier Lenglet, Luis Fortuño, and Beate Eriksen. After her are Masaaki Yanagishita, Hyapatia Lee, Pornsak Songsaeng, Wang Yifu, Osvaldo Escudero, and Tommy Nilsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katrina Leskanich ranks 13,616 out of 20,380. Before her are Natasha Gregson Wagner (1970), Jacob Lawrence (1917), Anne Jeffreys (1923), Frances Drake (1912), David Allan Coe (1939), and Josh Gad (1981). After her are Dianne Holum (1951), Kiele Sanchez (1977), Diedrich Bader (1966), William G. Dever (1933), Danielle Harris (1977), and Chuck Arnold (1926).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Katrina Leskanich ranks 714. Before her are Kitty Kallen (1921), Bob Crosby (1913), Carrie Underwood (1983), Daya (1998), Keely Smith (1928), and David Allan Coe (1939). After her are Nora Bayes (1880), Bobby Bare (1935), YNW Melly (1999), Melba Moore (1940), Rivers Cuomo (1970), and Deniece Williams (1950).

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