SINGER

Ann Wilson

1950 - Today

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Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer of the rock band Heart. Wilson has been a member of Heart since the early 1970s; her younger sister, Nancy Wilson, is also a member of the band. One of the first hard rock bands fronted by women, Heart released numerous albums between 1975 and 2016; the early Heart albums Dreamboat Annie (1975) and Little Queen (1977) generated classic hard rock singles such as "Magic Man", "Crazy on You", and "Barracuda". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ann Wilson has received more than 6,356,707 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ann Wilson is the 939th most popular singer (down from 861st in 2019), the 4,955th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,848th in 2019) and the 243rd most popular American Singer.

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  • 6.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ann Wilson ranks 939 out of 4,381Before her are Melanie C, Berta Ambrož, Dennis Frederiksen, Kulyash Baiseitova, Harry Styles, and Michèle Arnaud. After her are Leontyne Price, Mustafa Sandal, Girija Devi, Elisabeth Schumann, Rita Coolidge, and Biyouna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Ann Wilson ranks 266Before her are John Terry, David Brin, Donald Ramotar, Antony Gormley, Mathieu Carrière, and Jurica Jerković. After her are Andrzej Bartkowiak, Gérard Lanvin, Ali Zeidan, Maggie MacNeal, Dann Florek, and Pedro Juan Gutiérrez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ann Wilson ranks 4,955 out of 20,380Before her are A. Merritt (1884), Eric S. Raymond (1957), Sylvanus Morley (1883), John Henry Holland (1929), Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), and Alice Hamilton (1869). After her are Mathew Brady (1822), Rockmond Dunbar (1974), Marianne Moore (1887), Eric Bogosian (1953), Hank Jones (1918), and William D. Leahy (1875).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Ann Wilson ranks 243Before her are Anita O'Day (1919), Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), Jackie Wilson (1934), Johnny Nash (1940), MC Hammer (1962), and Dennis Frederiksen (1951). After her are Leontyne Price (1927), Rita Coolidge (1945), Judy Collins (1939), Leon Russell (1942), Boz Scaggs (1944), and Joan Osborne (1962).