SINGER

Betty Davis

1945 - 2022

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Betty Davis (born Betty Gray Mabry; July 26, 1944 – February 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and model. She was known for her controversial sexually oriented lyrics and performance style, and was the second wife of trumpeter Miles Davis. Her AllMusic profile describes her as "a wildly flamboyant funk diva with few equals ... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Betty Davis has received more than 2,639,082 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Betty Davis is the 1,406th most popular singer (down from 485th in 2019), the 7,241st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,903rd in 2019) and the 345th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Betty Davis ranks 1,406 out of 4,381. Before her are Usha Mangeshkar, Gloria Jones, Anita Hegerland, Sylvia Vrethammar, Little Eva, and Maya Kristalinskaya. After her are Chris Roberts, Linda Martin, Ellen Allien, Vic Damone, León Gieco, and André Hazes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Betty Davis ranks 449. Before her are Masahiro Hasemi, Gennady Burbulis, Michael Cristofer, Katharine Houghton, Gloria Jones, and Sylvia Vrethammar. After her are June Gable, Philip Pettit, Zurab Sakandelidze, Vladimir Maksimov, Leslie West, and Vincent Nichols. Among people deceased in 2022, Betty Davis ranks 380. Before her are Ash Carter, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Gennady Burbulis, Harrison Birtwistle, Davide Rebellin, and Juan Amat. After her are Hebe de Bonafini, Dagny Carlsson, Hudson Austin, Man of the Hole, Manuel Göttsching, and Franco Frattini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betty Davis ranks 7,241 out of 20,380. Before her are Luther Allison (1939), Sonny Clark (1931), Lucy Webb Hayes (1831), Jamie Dimon (1956), Lawrence Weiner (1942), and Martha Cooper (1943). After her are Gerald Carr (1932), Annie Easley (1933), Richard Egan (1921), Al Lewis (1923), David Dastmalchian (1977), and C. Gordon Fullerton (1936).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Betty Davis ranks 345. Before her are Mary J. Blige (1971), Sherrill Milnes (1935), Tina Weymouth (1950), Bobby Vee (1943), Gloria Jones (1945), and Little Eva (1943). After her are Vic Damone (1928), Vikki Carr (1941), Beverly Sills (1929), Christina Milian (1981), Andra Day (1984), and Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968).

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