SINGER

Cilla Black

1943 - 2015

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Priscilla Maria Veronica White (27 May 1943 – 1 August 2015), better known as Cilla Black, was an English singer and television presenter. Championed by her friends the Beatles, Black began her career as a singer in 1963. Her singles "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "You're My World" both reached number one in the UK in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cilla Black has received more than 5,566,846 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Cilla Black is the 1,154th most popular singer (up from 1,228th in 2019), the 3,149th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,492nd in 2019) and the 118th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Cilla Blacks by language

Over the past year Cilla Black has had the most page views in the with 615,360 views, followed by German (12,849), and Spanish (10,035). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Macedonian (1,134.38%), Sicilian (81.43%), and Russian (65.74%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Cilla Black ranks 1,154 out of 4,381. Before her are Pete Ham, Oliver Sykes, Usher, Lydia Lipkowska, Kati Kovács, and Ute Lemper. After her are Hasmik Papian, Ebi, K. J. Yesudas, Namie Amuro, Claudine Longet, and Lou Rawls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Cilla Black ranks 405. Before her are John Lennox, Androulla Vassiliou, James L. Elliot, Butler Lampson, Perry Christie, and Sharon Gless. After her are Harry Shearer, Masayuki Uemura, Lyudmila Bragina, Janet Akyüz Mattei, Ivan Davidov, and Niles Eldredge. Among people deceased in 2015, Cilla Black ranks 267. Before her are Claude Criquielion, Geoff Duke, Mary Ellen Mark, Florence Arthaud, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, and Danièle Delorme. After her are Lizabeth Scott, Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Jack Goody, Patricia Crone, Yossi Sarid, and Ivan Davidov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cilla Black ranks 3,149 out of 8,785. Before her are Alan Baddeley (1934), Oliver Sykes (1986), Ian Stewart (1945), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Laura Muntz Lyall (1860), and Philip Reeve (1966). After her are Mark Hughes (1963), Lawrence Oates (1880), John Sims (1749), Francis Godwin (1562), John Cairncross (1913), and E. T. Whittaker (1873).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Cilla Black ranks 118. Before her are Peter Sinfield (1943), Chris Farlowe (1940), Siouxsie Sioux (1957), James Arthur (1988), Pete Ham (1947), and Oliver Sykes (1986). After her are David Sylvian (1958), Lonnie Donegan (1931), Paul Day (1956), Marc Almond (1957), Dave Davies (1947), and Mick Hucknall (1960).

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