1894 - 1937
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an 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 1920s and 1930s. 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 siblings survived by performing on street corners. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bessie Smith has received more than 3,258,299 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Bessie Smith is the 220th most popular singer (down from 176th in 2019), the 1,424th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,114th in 2019) and the 73rd 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 220 out of 3,541. Before her are Omara Portuondo, Kylie Minogue, Vicky Leandros, Shirley Bassey, Gianni Morandi, and Chris Cornell. After her are Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Nena, Meat Loaf, Lata Mangeshkar, Ajda Pekkan, and Desireless.
1930 - Present
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 214
1968 - Present
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 215
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 216
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 217
1944 - Present
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 218
1964 - 2017
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 219
1894 - 1937
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 220
1901 - 1991
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 221
1960 - Present
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 222
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 223
1929 - Present
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 224
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 225
1952 - Present
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 226
Among people born in 1894, Bessie Smith ranks 53. Before her are Leo Kanner, Tivadar Soros, Walter Brennan, Edogawa Ranpo, Dimitri Tiomkin, and André Kertész. After her are Lothar von Richthofen, Kōnosuke Matsushita, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Ernst Lindemann, Walter Warlimont, and Hans Langsdorff. Among people deceased in 1937, Bessie Smith ranks 40. Before her are Edith Wharton, Emilio Mola, Frank B. Kellogg, Louis Vierne, Pavel Florensky, and Yeghishe Charents. After her are Georgy Pyatakov, Andrés Nin Pérez, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, Ahmed Izzet Pasha, and Max Adler.
1894 - 1981
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 47
1894 - 1968
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 48
1894 - 1974
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 49
1894 - 1965
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 50
1894 - 1979
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 51
1894 - 1985
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 52
1894 - 1937
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 53
1894 - 1922
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 54
1894 - 1989
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 55
1894 - 1972
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 56
1894 - 1941
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 57
1894 - 1976
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 58
1894 - 1939
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 59
1862 - 1937
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 34
1887 - 1937
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 35
1856 - 1937
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 36
1870 - 1937
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 37
1882 - 1937
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 38
1897 - 1937
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 39
1894 - 1937
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 40
1890 - 1937
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 41
1892 - 1937
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 42
1858 - 1937
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 43
1906 - 1937
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 44
1864 - 1937
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 45
1873 - 1937
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 46
Among people born in United States, Bessie Smith ranks 1,424 out of 15,968. Before her are Robert Bloch (1917), Sidney Bechet (1897), Dirk Benedict (1945), Lawrence Klein (1920), Val Kilmer (1959), and Chris Cornell (1964). After her are Fred Phelps (1929), Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934), Bob Ross (1942), Elisha Gray (1835), Katharine Ross (1940), and Henry Hathaway (1898).
1917 - 1994
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 1,418
1897 - 1959
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 1,419
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 1,420
1920 - 2013
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 1,421
1959 - Present
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 1,422
1964 - 2017
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 1,423
1894 - 1937
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 1,424
1929 - 2014
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 1,425
1934 - 2012
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 1,426
1942 - 1995
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 1,427
1835 - 1901
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 1,428
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 1,429
1898 - 1985
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 1,430
Among singers born in United States, Bessie Smith ranks 73. Before her are Neil Diamond (1941), George Benson (1943), Debbie Harry (1945), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), Tom Morello (1964), and Chris Cornell (1964). After her are Meat Loaf (1947), John Fogerty (1945), Carole King (1942), Sonny Bono (1935), Axl Rose (1962), and Lil Wayne (1982).
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 67
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 68
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 69
1925 - 1990
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 70
1964 - Present
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 71
1964 - 2017
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 72
1894 - 1937
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 73
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 74
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 75
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 76
1935 - 1998
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 77
1962 - Present
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 78
1982 - Present
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 79