SINGER

B. J. Thomas

1942 - 2021

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Billy Joe Thomas (August 7, 1942 – May 29, 2021) was an American singer widely known for his country, contemporary Christian and pop hits of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of B. J. Thomas has received more than 2,833,087 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. B. J. Thomas is the 832nd most popular singer (down from 693rd in 2019), the 4,387th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,937th in 2019) and the 223rd most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of B. J. Thomas by language

Over the past year B. J. Thomas has had the most page views in the with 325,360 views, followed by Portuguese (25,323), and Spanish (16,554). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (182.48%), Luxembourgish (88.89%), and Simple English (67.82%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, B. J. Thomas ranks 832 out of 4,381. Before him are Kiki Dee, Signe Toly Anderson, Aaron Kwok, Peter Frampton, Severina, and Andreas Vollenweider. After him are Francesca Cuzzoni, Melanie Thornton, Camillo Felgen, Liam Payne, Carola Häggkvist, and Cat Power.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, B. J. Thomas ranks 299. Before him are Philip Catherine, Abdulsalami Abubakar, John Shrapnel, Wu Ma, Anneke Grönloh, and Fatma Girik. After him are Imran N. Hosein, Carol Lynley, Anatolijs Gorbunovs, Clarence Clemons, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and Taj Mahal. Among people deceased in 2021, B. J. Thomas ranks 250. Before him are Ivan Patzaichin, Helmut Jahn, Gunilla Bergström, Edmund Gettier, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, and Henri Schwery. After him are Norman Lloyd, Milkha Singh, Tahir Salahov, Jaime Lerner, Bell hooks, and James Michael Tyler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, B. J. Thomas ranks 4,387 out of 20,380. Before him are Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), Roy Thinnes (1938), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Jerry Hall (1956), Joseph Cornell (1903), and Lena Horne (1917). After him are Colm Feore (1958), Amy Madigan (1950), Antonio Fargas (1946), Arthur L. Newton (1883), Melanie Thornton (1967), and Clark Terry (1920).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, B. J. Thomas ranks 223. Before him are Patti LaBelle (1944), Little Walter (1930), Afrika Bambaataa (1957), Mort Shuman (1938), Lobo (1943), and Signe Toly Anderson (1941). After him are Melanie Thornton (1967), Cat Power (1972), Shirley Horn (1934), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), Bobby Vinton (1935), and Adam Lambert (1982).

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