SINGER

Beverly Sills

1929 - 2007

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Beverly Sills (born Belle Miriam Silverman; May 26, 1929 – July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose career peak was between the 1950s and 1970s. Although she sang a repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Puccini, Massenet and Verdi, she was especially renowned for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in live opera and recordings. Sills was largely associated with the operas of Donizetti, of which she performed and recorded many roles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beverly Sills has received more than 690,440 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Beverly Sills is the 1,425th most popular singer (down from 1,226th in 2019), the 7,314th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,610th in 2019) and the 348th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Beverly Sills ranks 1,425 out of 4,381. Before her are Marcel Mouloudji, Grimes, Tego Calderón, RedOne, Andreas Scholl, and Allan Clarke. After her are Eagle-Eye Cherry, Carl Douglas, Christina Milian, Lee Seung-gi, Andra Day, and Peter Murphy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Beverly Sills ranks 383. Before her are Gerry Anderson, Günter Kunert, Dilara Aliyeva, Nathalia Timberg, Eliseo Prado, and Elizabeth Spriggs. After her are Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Pat Crawford Brown, Eberhard Jäckel, Betty Carter, Jaime Gómez, and Gerald Dreyer. Among people deceased in 2007, Beverly Sills ranks 286. Before her are Freddie Francis, Jef Planckaert, Kurt Schmied, Robert Goulet, Miklós Páncsics, and Enzo Biagi. After her are Jimmy Makulis, Roger Beaufrand, Dennis Johnson, Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg, Igor Novikov, and René Rémond.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Beverly Sills ranks 7,314 out of 20,380. Before her are William J. Casey (1913), Tony Trabert (1930), Nancy Walker (1922), Patrick St. Esprit (1954), Patrick Rothfuss (1973), and Barbara Morgan (1951). After her are Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), Jeffrey Combs (1954), Jane Pierce (1806), John Hawkes (1959), Anna Sui (1952), and Will Wright (1960).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Beverly Sills ranks 348. Before her are Bobby Vee (1943), Gloria Jones (1945), Little Eva (1943), Betty Davis (1945), Vic Damone (1928), and Vikki Carr (1941). After her are Christina Milian (1981), Andra Day (1984), Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968), Betty Carter (1929), Van McCoy (1940), and Wayne Newton (1942).

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