1894 - 1937
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Smith was young when her parents died, and she and her six siblings survived by performing on street corners. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bessie Smith has received more than 4,176,841 page views. Her biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Bessie Smith is the 240th most popular singer (down from 220th in 2019), the 1,575th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,423rd in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Singer.
Bessie Smith was an African-American blues singer who is most famous for her song "Downhearted Blues."
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Among singers, Bessie Smith ranks 240 out of 3,528. Before her are Anthony Kiedis, Jacqueline Boyer, Zucchero Fornaciari, Beyoncé, Kim Carnes, and Nicolai Ghiaurov. After her are Van Morrison, Eazy-E, Marian Gold, Gary Brooker, F. R. David, and Nicolai Gedda.
1962 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 234
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 235
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 236
1981 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 237
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 238
1929 - 2004
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 239
1894 - 1937
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 240
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 241
1964 - 1995
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 242
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 243
1945 - 2022
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 244
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 245
1925 - 2017
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 246
Among people born in 1894, Bessie Smith ranks 55. Before her are Aino Aalto, Percy Spencer, Leo Kanner, Ernst Lindemann, V. V. Giri, and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson. After her are André Kertész, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Walter Brennan, Anton Mussert, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Walter Warlimont. Among people deceased in 1937, Bessie Smith ranks 41. Before her are Wallace Carothers, Edith Wharton, Pavel Florensky, Louis Vierne, Georgy Pyatakov, and Keke Geladze. After her are Ray Ewry, Chūya Nakahara, Vincenzo Lancia, Andrés Nin Pérez, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, and Max Adler.
1894 - 1949
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 49
1894 - 1970
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 50
1894 - 1981
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 51
1894 - 1941
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 52
1894 - 1980
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 53
1894 - 1972
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 54
1894 - 1937
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 55
1894 - 1985
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 56
1894 - 1924
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 57
1894 - 1974
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 58
1894 - 1946
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 59
1894 - 1979
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 60
1894 - 1976
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 61
1896 - 1937
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 35
1862 - 1937
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 36
1882 - 1937
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 37
1870 - 1937
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 38
1890 - 1937
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 39
1858 - 1937
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 40
1894 - 1937
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 41
1873 - 1937
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 42
1907 - 1937
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 43
1881 - 1937
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 44
1892 - 1937
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 45
1875 - 1937
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 46
1873 - 1937
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 47
Among people born in United States, Bessie Smith ranks 1,575 out of 18,182. Before her are Lee de Forest (1873), Joseph Nye (1937), George C. Scott (1927), Frederic Edwin Church (1826), Edward W. Morley (1838), and Alonzo Church (1903). After her are Michael Madsen (1957), Eazy-E (1964), Donald J. Cram (1919), Grant Wood (1891), Reed Hastings (1960), and Mike Powell (1963).
1873 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,569
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,570
1927 - 1999
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,571
1826 - 1900
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,572
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 1,573
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 1,574
1894 - 1937
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,575
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,576
1964 - 1995
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,577
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,578
1891 - 1942
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,579
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,580
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 1,581
Among singers born in United States, Bessie Smith ranks 78. Before her are Debbie Harry (1945), Lil Wayne (1982), Chris Cornell (1964), Anthony Kiedis (1962), Beyoncé (1981), and Kim Carnes (1945). After her are Eazy-E (1964), John Fogerty (1945), Sonny Bono (1935), Hank Williams (1923), Jessye Norman (1945), and Mahalia Jackson (1911).
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 72
1982 - Present
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 73
1964 - 2017
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 74
1962 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 75
1981 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 76
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 77
1894 - 1937
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 78
1964 - 1995
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 79
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 80
1935 - 1998
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 81
1923 - 1953
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 82
1945 - 2019
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 83
1911 - 1972
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 84