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Betty Wright

1953 - 2020

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Bessie Regina Norris (December 21, 1953 – May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teenager, Wright rose to fame in the 1970s with hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Betty Wright has received more than 1,470,447 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Betty Wright is the 2,439th most popular singer (down from 1,406th in 2019), the 12,953rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,700th in 2019) and the 685th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Betty Wright ranks 2,439 out of 3,528Before her are Jennifer Paige, Jelena Tomašević, Teena Marie, JB, Mary Black, and Maria Mena. After her are Charlotte Wessels, Pierre Bouvier, Jain, Jala Brat, Waylon, and Jesse Hughes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Betty Wright ranks 555Before her are Pete Hoekstra, Tom DiCillo, Nikolay Bazhukov, Naoto Satō, Madhav Kumar Nepal, and Sebastian Faulks. After her are Tatyana Providokhina, John Sessions, Sam Kinison, Glen Ballard, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, and Helmut Roleder. Among people deceased in 2020, Betty Wright ranks 711Before her are Don Edmunds, Wallace Roney, Luke Harper, Hawa Abdi, Bob Armstrong, and Jagdeep. After her are Maryna Bazanova, Mary Pat Gleason, John Sessions, Paul Sarbanes, Tony Rice, and Julie Bennett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betty Wright ranks 12,953 out of 18,182Before her are Mark Webber (1980), Gene Raymond (1908), David Silverman (1957), Gideon Welles (1802), Bob Armstrong (1939), and Lauren Faust (1974). After her are Dane Clark (1912), Derek Fisher (1974), Mercy Otis Warren (1728), Miles Heizer (1994), Evan Spiegel (1990), and Frank Murphy (1890).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Betty Wright ranks 685Before her are Chris Willis (1969), Lauren Jauregui (1996), Jimmy Ruffin (1936), Biz Markie (1964), Jennifer Paige (1973), and Teena Marie (1956). After her are Jesse Hughes (1972), Keri Hilson (1982), Midori (1968), Ghostface Killah (1970), JoJo (1990), and Eric Wagner (1959).