SINGER

Brenda Lee

1944 - Today

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Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Primarily performing rockabilly, pop, country and Christmas music, she achieved her first Billboard hit aged 12 in 1957 and was given the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite". Some of Lee's most successful songs include "Sweet Nothin's", "I'm Sorry", "I Want to Be Wanted", "Speak to Me Pretty", "All Alone Am I" and "Losing You". Her festive song "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", recorded in 1958, topped the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brenda Lee has received more than 5,225,573 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Brenda Lee is the 391st most popular singer (up from 561st in 2019), the 2,213th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,231st in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Brenda Lee ranks 391 out of 4,381. Before her are Cissy Houston, Senesino, Denny Doherty, Malcolm McLaren, Jisoo, and Selena Gomez. After her are Carly Simon, Gary Brooker, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Teddy Scholten, and Rosé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Brenda Lee ranks 167. Before her are Kemal Sunal, Yury Romanenko, Albert Hammond, Bernard Tschumi, Marc Ouellet, and Richard Ford. After her are Dennis Wilson, Stockard Channing, Johnny Winter, Peter Mayhew, Alan Stivell, and Pattie Boyd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brenda Lee ranks 2,213 out of 20,380. Before her are Alice Ball (1892), Raymond E. Feist (1945), Selena Gomez (1992), William Le Baron Jenney (1832), Gloria Steinem (1934), and Robert Sternberg (1949). After her are Ben Webster (1909), Dennis Wilson (1944), Curtis LeMay (1906), Kate Capshaw (1953), Patrick Duffy (1949), and Howard Martin Temin (1934).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Brenda Lee ranks 121. Before her are Ricky Nelson (1940), Bill Withers (1938), Jackie Jackson (1951), Jessye Norman (1945), Cissy Houston (1933), and Selena Gomez (1992). After her are Carly Simon (1945), Chris Brown (1989), Eazy-E (1964), Kanye West (1977), La Toya Jackson (1956), and Dinah Washington (1924).

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