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Albert King

1923 - 1992

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Albert Nelson (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), known by his stage name Albert King, was an American guitarist and singer who is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues guitarists of all time. He is perhaps best known for his popular and influential album Born Under a Bad Sign (1967) and its title track. He, B. B. King, and Freddie King, all unrelated, were known as the "Three Kings of the Blues". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert King has received more than 1,935,134 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Albert King is the 402nd most popular musician (down from 323rd in 2019), the 2,231st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,847th in 2019) and the 119th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Albert King ranks 402 out of 3,175Before him are Dexter Gordon, Billy Gibbons, Ben Webster, Dennis Wilson, Glenn Frey, and Ray Conniff. After him are Joan Manuel Serrat, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Jan Kubelík, Donovan, Joe Perry, and Johnny Winter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Albert King ranks 100Before him are Masao Ono, Sergey Akhromeyev, Ernst Nolte, Yves Bonnefoy, Dexter Gordon, and Lloyd Shapley. After him are Wolfgang Sawallisch, Belisario Betancur, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Cheikh Anta Diop, and Philly Joe Jones. Among people deceased in 1992, Albert King ranks 70Before him are José Ferrer, Jim Garrison, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Allen Newell, and Banine. After him are Väinö Linna, Jânio Quadros, Stella Adler, Gavriil Ilizarov, Marisa Mell, and Deng Yingchao.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Albert King ranks 2,231 out of 20,380Before him are Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Carly Simon (1945), Martin Kove (1946), George Floyd (1973), Ray Conniff (1916), and Mary Parker Follett (1868). After him are Jason Momoa (1979), Terry Riley (1935), James Tolkan (1931), Patricia Cornwell (1956), Chris Brown (1989), and Jenna Jameson (1974).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Albert King ranks 119Before him are Dexter Gordon (1923), Billy Gibbons (1949), Ben Webster (1909), Dennis Wilson (1944), Glenn Frey (1948), and Ray Conniff (1916). After him are Joe Perry (1950), Johnny Winter (1944), Tom Petty (1950), John Phillips (1935), Lionel Hampton (1908), and Steve Vai (1960).