SINGER

Billie Holiday

1915 - 1959

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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billie Holiday has received more than 15,302,995 page views. Her biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Billie Holiday is the 70th most popular singer (down from 48th in 2019), the 407th most popular biography from United States (down from 297th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Singer.

Billie Holiday was a jazz singer who is most famous for her songs "God Bless the Child" and "Strange Fruit."

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Billie Holiday ranks 70 out of 4,381. Before her are Kurt Cobain, Anthony Kiedis, Rod Stewart, Florence Foster Jenkins, Sarah Vaughan, and Carlos Gardel. After her are Prince, Amália Rodrigues, Ian Gillan, Bonnie Tyler, The Notorious B.I.G., and Fairuz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Billie Holiday ranks 15. Before her are Yitzhak Shamir, David Rockefeller, Arthur Miller, Orson Welles, Eli Wallach, and Paul Samuelson. After her are Paul Tibbets, Stanley Matthews, Joachim Peiper, Hu Yaobang, Jerome Bruner, and Aung San. Among people deceased in 1959, Billie Holiday ranks 9. Before her are Ante Pavelić, Gérard Philipe, George Marshall, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Owen Willans Richardson, and Raymond Chandler. After her are Adolf Windaus, Boris Vian, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Shirō Ishii, Camilo Cienfuegos, and Bohuslav Martinů.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billie Holiday ranks 407 out of 20,380. Before her are Sarah Palin (1964), James Hong (1929), Man Ray (1890), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), Sarah Vaughan (1924), and Philip Roth (1933). After her are Frank Herbert (1920), Prince (1958), Jack Ruby (1911), Paul Tibbets (1915), Willis Carrier (1876), and Kurt Vonnegut (1922).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Billie Holiday ranks 30. Before her are Jennifer Lopez (1969), Harry Nilsson (1941), Kurt Cobain (1967), Anthony Kiedis (1962), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), and Sarah Vaughan (1924). After her are Prince (1958), The Notorious B.I.G. (1972), Diana Ross (1944), Gwen Stefani (1969), Donna Summer (1948), and Gloria Gaynor (1947).

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