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Patti Smith

1946 - Today

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Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, and author whose 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, "Because the Night", co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached 13th on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and fifth on the UK Singles Chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patti Smith has received more than 11,533,622 page views. Her biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Patti Smith is the 23rd most popular singer (up from 36th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from United States (up from 224th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Singer.

Patti Smith is most famous for her book "Just Kids" which is a memoir of her early life with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Patti Smiths by language

Over the past year Patti Smith has had the most page views in the with 1,832,052 views, followed by Italian (141,664), and French (140,630). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Low Saxon (225.32%), West Frisian (123.84%), and Georgian (122.32%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Patti Smith ranks 23 out of 4,381. Before her are Frank Sinatra, Jim Morrison, Joan Baez, Demis Roussos, Tupac Shakur, and Enrico Caruso. After her are Montserrat Caballé, Umm Kulthum, Brian Johnson, Farinelli, Serge Gainsbourg, and Cesária Évora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Patti Smith ranks 13. Before her are Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Sonia Gandhi, Bill Clinton, Alan Rickman, Demis Roussos, and Ted Bundy. After her are Gerard 't Hooft, Bon Scott, Jane Birkin, Mireille Mathieu, George Best, and Charlotte Rampling.

Others Born in 1946

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patti Smith ranks 132 out of 20,380. Before her are Meryl Streep (1949), Douglas MacArthur (1880), Richard Feynman (1918), Michael Douglas (1944), William Faulkner (1897), and Milton Friedman (1912). After her are Will Smith (1968), Rosa Parks (1913), William James (1842), Bobby Fischer (1943), Edwin Hubble (1889), and Phineas Gage (1823).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Patti Smith ranks 11. Before her are Cher (1946), Tina Turner (1939), Frank Sinatra (1915), Jim Morrison (1943), Joan Baez (1941), and Tupac Shakur (1971). After her are Whitney Houston (1963), Johnny Cash (1932), Barry White (1944), Barbra Streisand (1942), James Brown (1933), and 50 Cent (1975).

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