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Courtney Love

1964 - Today

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Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. A figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s, her career has spanned four decades. She rose to prominence as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Courtney Love has received more than 12,927,940 page views. Her biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Courtney Love is the 201st most popular singer (up from 207th in 2019), the 1,267th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,318th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Singer.

Courtney Love is most famous for being the widow of Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Courtney Love ranks 201 out of 3,541. Before her are Petula Clark, Dr. Dre, Joan Sutherland, Trini Lopez, İbrahim Tatlıses, and Sofia Rotaru. After her are Dionne Warwick, Nicolai Gedda, Franco Corelli, Neil Diamond, Peter Green, and Rob Halford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Courtney Love ranks 26. Before her are Michelle Obama, Rocco Siffredi, Giuseppe Conte, Nigel Farage, Famke Janssen, and Guillermo del Toro. After her are Duff McKagan, Ernesto Valverde, Tom Morello, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Cornell, and Dražen Petrović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Courtney Love ranks 1,267 out of 15,968. Before her are Evander Holyfield (1962), Diana Gabaldon (1952), Noah Gordon (1926), Vera Rubin (1928), Laura Bush (1946), and Fats Domino (1928). After her are Jack Swigert (1931), Ray Kurzweil (1948), Eva Marie Saint (1924), Ron Howard (1954), Robert Moog (1934), and Sam Shepard (1943).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Courtney Love ranks 65. Before her are Mario Lanza (1921), Etta James (1938), Britney Spears (1981), Sam Cooke (1931), Dr. Dre (1965), and Trini Lopez (1937). After her are Dionne Warwick (1940), Neil Diamond (1941), George Benson (1943), Debbie Harry (1945), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), and Tom Morello (1964).

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