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Carole King

1942 - Today

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Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. One of the most successful songwriters in American history, she wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 over the latter half of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carole King has received more than 15,299,695 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Carole King is the 320th most popular singer (down from 298th in 2019), the 1,856th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,906th in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Carole King ranks 320 out of 4,381Before her are Théo Sarapo, Ornella Vanoni, Joey Ramone, Antonio Cesti, Adelaide Hall, and Željko Bebek. After her are Googoosh, Rod Evans, Jimmy Cliff, Karen Carpenter, Peter Green, and Sarah Brightman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Carole King ranks 139Before her are Robert H. Grubbs, Muslim Magomayev, Vasily Alekseyev, Christopher A. Sims, Silvia Federici, and Gottfried John. After her are John McLaughlin, Tasuku Honjo, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Étienne Balibar, Mirjana Marković, and Sigfried Held.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carole King ranks 1,856 out of 20,380Before her are Adelaide Hall (1901), Jasper Johns (1930), Joan Allen (1956), Loretta Young (1913), Isamu Noguchi (1904), and Yaphet Kotto (1939). After her are Agnes Moorehead (1900), Dave Bautista (1969), Johnny Ramone (1948), Kathryn Joosten (1939), Chris Evert (1954), and Fred Durst (1970).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Carole King ranks 100Before her are Coolio (1963), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), Cab Calloway (1907), Axl Rose (1962), Joey Ramone (1951), and Adelaide Hall (1901). After her are Karen Carpenter (1950), Hank Williams (1923), Connie Francis (1938), Eric Adams (1952), Christina Aguilera (1980), and Joe Lynn Turner (1951).