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Vanessa-Mae

1978 - Today

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Vanessa-Mae (Chinese: 陈美; pinyin: Chén Měi; born 27 October 1978), also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, is a British violinist with album sales reaching several million, having made her the wealthiest entertainer under 30 in the United Kingdom in 2006. She competed under the name Vanessa Vanakorn (Thai: วาเนสซ่า วรรณกร, romanized: Wa-nes-sa Wan-na-kon; her father's surname) for Thailand in alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was initially banned from skiing by the International Ski Federation (FIS) after participating in a qualifying race allegedly organised to enable her to qualify for the Winter Olympics. An appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport led to the ban being nullified, citing lack of evidence for her own wrongdoing or any manipulation. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vanessa-Mae is the 834th most popular musician (down from 800th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Singapore (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Singaporean Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Vanessa-Mae ranks 834 out of 3,175. Before her are John Petrucci, Bernie Taupin, Pierre Baillot, Paul de Senneville, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and Karol Mikuli. After her are Gerry Rafferty, Ruggiero Ricci, Tommy Aldridge, Bix Beiderbecke, Clarence Clemons, and Sally Oldfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Vanessa-Mae ranks 58. Before her are Walter Samuel, Daniel Van Buyten, Kevin Federline, Steve Chen, Irakli Kobakhidze, and Diplo. After her are AJ McLean, Shunsuke Nakamura, Gabriel Heinze, Jen Psaki, Kumail Nanjiani, and Ha Ji-won.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Vanessa-Mae ranks 12 out of 42. Before her are Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Parameswara (1344), Goh Chok Tong (1941), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), David Marshall (1908), and Julia Nickson (1958). After her are Wee Kim Wee (1915), Abu Bakar of Johor (1833), Wu Lien-teh (1879), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Ong Teng Cheong (1936), and Ho Ching (1953).

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Among MUSICIANS In Singapore

Among musicians born in Singapore, Vanessa-Mae ranks 1. After her are Kygo (1991).

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    Vanessa-Mae

    1978 - Present

    HPI: 60.03

    Rank: 1

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    Kygo

    1991 - Present

    HPI: 56.44

    Rank: 2

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