SINGER

Coolio

1963 - 2022

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known by his stage name Coolio, was an American rapper. He was best known for his single "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995), which won a Grammy Award, and was credited for changing the course of hip hop by bringing it to a wider audience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Coolio has received more than 10,321,082 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Coolio is the 302nd most popular singer (up from 449th in 2019), the 1,768th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,714th in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Singer.

Coolio is most famous for his career as an American rapper and actor. He is best known for his hit songs "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage", which were popular in the 1990s.

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  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Coolio ranks 302 out of 4,381. Before him are Vicente Fernández, Šaban Šaulić, John Fogerty, Wolf Biermann, Jussi Björling, and Sacha Distel. After him are Agnes Baltsa, Muslim Magomayev, Psy, Johnny Logan, Thalía, and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Coolio ranks 57. Before him are Mark Strong, Borut Pahor, Stevo Pendarovski, Elisabeth Shue, Letsie III of Lesotho, and Giuseppe Bergomi. After him are Roberto Donadoni, Lolo Ferrari, Luis Arce, Junji Ito, Liu Cixin, and Andrej Kiska. Among people deceased in 2022, Coolio ranks 91. Before him are Fred Ward, Saul Kripke, A. B. Yehoshua, David Sassoli, Margaret Keane, and Evaristo Carvalho. After him are Paul Veyne, Patrick Tambay, Thierry Mugler, Just Jaeckin, Hannah Pick-Goslar, and Pierre Soulages.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Coolio ranks 1,768 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Coyote (1941), Brion James (1945), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Madeleine Stowe (1958), and June Carter Cash (1929). After him are George Stigler (1911), Paul Michael Glaser (1943), Eva Mendes (1974), Iris Apfel (1921), Clement Greenberg (1909), and Elizabeth George (1949).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Coolio ranks 94. Before him are Stevie Nicks (1948), Janet Jackson (1966), Roberta Flack (1937), Sonny Bono (1935), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), and John Fogerty (1945). After him are "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), Cab Calloway (1907), Axl Rose (1962), Joey Ramone (1951), Adelaide Hall (1901), and Carole King (1942).

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