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Annie Lennox

1954 - Today

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Ann Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. Appearing in the 1983 music video for "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" with orange cropped hair and wearing a man's business suit, the BBC states, "all eyes were on Annie Lennox, the singer whose powerful androgynous look defied the male gaze". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Annie Lennox has received more than 8,926,888 page views. Her biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Annie Lennox is the 115th most popular singer (up from 125th in 2019), the 543rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 596th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Singer.

Annie Lennox is most famous for her work with the Eurythmics and her solo career. She has won four Grammy Awards and an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

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  • 8.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Annie Lennox ranks 115 out of 3,528. Before her are Françoise Hardy, Roy Orbison, Renata Tebaldi, Dolly Parton, Domenico Modugno, and Marvin Gaye. After her are Carmen Miranda, Harry Belafonte, Bryan Adams, Maria Malibran, Eric Burdon, and Sylvie Vartan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Annie Lennox ranks 25. Before her are Abdul Rashid Dostum, Ang Lee, Halimah Yacob, Stieg Larsson, Mario Kempes, and Andrej Babiš. After her are Serzh Sargsyan, Fernando Santos, Matt Groening, Jim Belushi, Dennis Quaid, and Michael Moore.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Annie Lennox ranks 543 out of 7,765. Before her are Chaim Herzog (1918), Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), Thomas Hardy (1840), Tony Buzan (1942), Jacqueline du Pré (1945), and Helena Bonham Carter (1966). After her are Isaac Barrow (1631), Roger Glover (1945), Fred Perry (1909), Alexander Pope (1688), John Smith (1580), and Alice Liddell (1852).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Annie Lennox ranks 15. Before her are Ian Gillan (1945), Kate Bush (1958), Marianne Faithfull (1946), Bonnie Tyler (1951), Morrissey (1959), and Robert Plant (1948). After her are Eric Burdon (1941), Peter Gabriel (1950), Tom Jones (1940), Bruce Dickinson (1958), Chris Norman (1950), and Chris Rea (1951).

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