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Anita Baker

1958 - Today

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Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for her soulful ballads, particularly from the height of the quiet storm period in the 1980s.Starting her career in the late 1970s with the funk band Chapter 8, Baker released her first solo album, The Songstress, in 1983. In 1986, she rose to fame following the release of her Platinum-selling second album, Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single "Sweet Love". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anita Baker has received more than 3,460,508 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Anita Baker is the 1,951st most popular singer (down from 1,790th in 2019), the 10,596th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,856th in 2019) and the 550th most popular American Singer.

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  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Anita Baker ranks 1,951 out of 3,528Before her are Ilse DeLange, Mitch Miller, Madison Beer, Marianne Mendt, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and Tiffany Young. After her are Ken Hirai, Patty Smyth, Lena Philipsson, Sergej Ćetković, Beth Ditto, and Park Bom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Anita Baker ranks 421Before her are Angela Hewitt, Norovyn Altankhuyag, Bob Bell, Neil Finn, Toni Innauer, and Akihiro Nishimura. After her are Matt McCoy, Franco Forini, Virgil Donati, Satoshi Tezuka, Vadym Yevtushenko, and Janez Potočnik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anita Baker ranks 10,596 out of 18,182Before her are DJ Ashba (1972), Mary Ritter Beard (1876), Christine Taylor (1971), Bonita Granville (1923), Joanna Going (1963), and Tiffany Young (1989). After her are Bob Denver (1935), Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760), Patty Smyth (1957), Roger Stone (1952), Ivan Sergei (1971), and Margaret Lindsay (1910).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Anita Baker ranks 550Before her are J Dilla (1974), Joyce DiDonato (1969), Black Francis (1965), Mitch Miller (1911), Madison Beer (1999), and Tiffany Young (1989). After her are Patty Smyth (1957), Beth Ditto (1981), Jimmy Dean (1928), Barrett Strong (1941), Porter Wagoner (1927), and Derrick Green (1971).

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