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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 1,535,881 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Betty Wright is the 2,704th most popular singer (down from 2,431st in 2019), the 14,324th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,923rd in 2019) and the 732nd most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Betty Wright ranks 2,704 out of 4,381. Before her are Natasha St-Pier, Ong Seong-wu, Aimer, Charlie Wilson, Madison Beer, and Suzuka Nakamoto. After her are ZP Theart, Raquel del Rosario, Sinitta, Elva Hsiao, Ninet Tayeb, and Jasmin Wagner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Betty Wright ranks 652. Before her are Basanti Bisht, Karl-Heinz Brunner, Michael A. Baker, Sigi Schmid, Steve Keen, and Charlie Wilson. After her are Nora Aunor, Robert Thirsk, Elfi Zinn, Linda Lingle, Sharon Robinson, and David Kennedy. Among people deceased in 2020, Betty Wright ranks 817. Before her are Jenny Clack, Maryna Bazanova, Stan Kirsch, Charles Portis, Vasili Kulkov, and Ivan Utrobin. After her are Filippos Petsalnikos, Khamis Al-Owairan, June Foulds, Sushant Singh Rajput, Kelly Asbury, and Tony Rice.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betty Wright ranks 14,324 out of 20,380. Before her are Alexander Wang (1983), F. Drew Gaffney (1946), Tabitha St. Germain (1964), Nell Carter (1948), Polly Draper (1955), and Gertrude Berg (1899). After her are Claire Dodd (1911), Jaime Ray Newman (1978), B.J. Penn (1978), Seth Meyers (1973), Max Casella (1967), and Randall Thompson (1899).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Betty Wright ranks 732. Before her are Cheryl Lynn (1957), Willow Smith (2000), Swizz Beatz (1978), Sunny (1989), Charlie Wilson (1953), and Madison Beer (1999). After her are Sinitta (1968), Little Milton (1934), Joey Badass (1995), Gary Jules (1969), Larry Norman (1947), and Joni James (1930).

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