SINGER

Al Green

1946 - Today

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Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), better known as Al Green, is an American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including "Take Me to the River", "Tired of Being Alone", "I'm Still in Love with You", "Love and Happiness", and his signature song, "Let's Stay Together". After an incident in which his girlfriend died by suicide, Green became an ordained pastor and turned to gospel music. He later returned to secular music.Green was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al Green has received more than 4,126,669 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Al Green is the 608th most popular singer (up from 613th in 2019), the 3,475th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,417th in 2019) and the 180th most popular American Singer.

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  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Al Green ranks 608 out of 3,541. Before him are Wenche Myhre, James Blunt, Christopher Cross, Patricia Kaas, Naomi Shemer, and Teresa Carreño. After him are Lisa Della Casa, Patti Page, Piero Cappuccilli, Nina Grieg, Alanis Morissette, and Anna Tomowa-Sintow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Al Green ranks 211. Before him are Fernando Filoni, Ahmed Faras, Joanna Lumley, Udo Lindenberg, Irena Szewińska, and Tyne Daly. After him are Johnson Toribiong, Sven Nordqvist, André Dussollier, Stephen Rea, Roméo Dallaire, and Henrique Rosa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Al Green ranks 3,475 out of 15,968. Before him are Edward Furlong (1977), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), John Lasseter (1957), Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), Justin Theroux (1971), and James Rothman (1950). After him are Joseph D. Pistone (1939), Earl Warren (1891), Keith Carradine (1949), William Baumol (1922), Gregg L. Semenza (1956), and Leo Frank (1884).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Al Green ranks 180. Before him are Bobby Vinton (1935), Jay-Z (1969), Barbara Hendricks (1948), Sheryl Crow (1962), Chip Taylor (1940), and Christopher Cross (1951). After him are Patti Page (1927), Melissa Etheridge (1961), Akon (1973), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), Bobby Brown (1969), and "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959).

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