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Vicente Fernández

1940 - 2021

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Vicente Fernández Gómez (17 February 1940 – 12 December 2021) was a Mexican mariachi singer, actor and film producer. Nicknamed "Chente" (short for Vicente), "El Charro de Huentitán" (The Charro from Huentitán), "El Ídolo de México" (The Idol of Mexico), and "El Rey de la Música Ranchera" (The King of Ranchera Music), Fernández started his career as a busker, and went on to become a cultural icon, having recorded more than 100 albums and contributing to more than 150 films. His repertoire consisted of rancheras and other Mexican classics such as waltzes. Fernández's work earned him four Grammy Awards, nine Latin Grammy Awards, fourteen Lo Nuestro Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vicente Fernández is the 385th most popular singer (down from 296th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 63rd in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Vicente Fernández ranks 385 out of 4,381. Before him are Pinetop Perkins, Kyu Sakamoto, Gal Costa, Isabella Colbran, Dan Reynolds, and Justin Bieber. After him are Peter Green, Lila Downs, Serge Reggiani, Susan Boyle, Denny Doherty, and Galina Vishnevskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Vicente Fernández ranks 135. Before him are Ricky Nelson, Agostino Vallini, Vladimir Cosma, Ali Hassan Salameh, Jerzy Buzek, and Vittorio Storaro. After him are Denny Doherty, Enrico Bombieri, Taihō Kōki, Lorenzo Baldisseri, Lei Feng, and Ruth Dreifuss. Among people deceased in 2021, Vicente Fernández ranks 124. Before him are Gottfried Böhm, Leopoldo Luque, Michel Fourniret, Lars Vilks, Dean Stockwell, and Luis del Sol. After him are Helen McCrory, Mira Furlan, Tarcisio Burgnich, Yuriy Sedykh, Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, and Ion Mihai Pacepa.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Vicente Fernández ranks 73 out of 729. Before him are Ricardo Montalbán (1920), Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956), Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897), Julia Pastrana (1834), Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911), and Itzcoatl (1380). After him are Lila Downs (1968), Felipe Calderón (1962), Marcial Maciel (1920), Emilio Fernández (1904), Ernesto Zedillo (1951), and Nezahualcoyotl (1402).

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Among SINGERS In Mexico

Among singers born in Mexico, Vicente Fernández ranks 1. After him are Lila Downs (1968), Thalía (1971), Juan Gabriel (1950), Jorge Negrete (1910), José Alfredo Jiménez (1926), Paulina Rubio (1971), María Grever (1885), Alaska (1963), Anahí (1983), Alejandro Fernández (1971), and Marco Antonio Solís (1959).

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