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Mercedes Sosa

1935 - 2009

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Haydée Mercedes "La Negra" Sosa (Latin American Spanish: [meɾˈseðes ˈsosa]; 9 July 1935 – 4 October 2009) was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of El nuevo cancionero. She gave voice to songs written by many Latin American songwriters. Her music made people hail her as the "voice of the voiceless ones". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mercedes Sosa is the 128th most popular singer (down from 120th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Singer.

Mercedes Sosa is a famous Argentine singer and songwriter. She was a major figure in the Latin American New Song Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Mercedes Sosa ranks 128 out of 4,381. Before her are Nicki Minaj, Bryan Adams, Peter Gabriel, Dolly Parton, Psy, and Harry Belafonte. After her are Roy Orbison, Georges Moustaki, George Clinton, Laura Branigan, Bruce Dickinson, and Melanie.

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Among people born in 1935, Mercedes Sosa ranks 34. Before her are Edward Said, Fairuz, John Cazale, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Ei-ichi Negishi, and Harvey J. Alter. After her are Bibi Andersson, Omar Bongo, Mylène Demongeot, Gherman Titov, Charles Koch, and Sylvia Earle. Among people deceased in 2009, Mercedes Sosa ranks 18. Before her are Pina Bausch, Corazon Aquino, Jean Dausset, David Carradine, Sydney Chaplin, and Abdurrahman Wahid. After her are Farrah Fawcett, Amin al-Hafiz, Vitaly Ginzburg, Omar Bongo, Les Paul, and Karl Malden.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Mercedes Sosa ranks 28 out of 1,154. Before her are Olivia Hussey (1951), Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), Gabriel Batistuta (1969), Helenio Herrera (1910), Guillermo Stábile (1905), and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1931). After her are César Luis Menotti (1938), Raúl Alfonsín (1927), Daniel Passarella (1953), Leonardo Sandri (1943), Richard Walther Darré (1895), and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (1971).

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Among SINGERS In Argentina

Among singers born in Argentina, Mercedes Sosa ranks 1. After her are Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908), Facundo Cabral (1937), Sandro de América (1945), Luis Alberto Spinetta (1950), León Gieco (1951), Ricardo Montaner (1957), Roberto Goyeneche (1926), Gilda (1961), Marcelo Álvarez (1962), Andrés Calamaro (1961), and Chenoa (1975).

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