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Donna Summer

1948 - 2012

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Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following. Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, Summer became the lead singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donna Summer has received more than 11,408,848 page views. Her biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Donna Summer is the 90th most popular singer (up from 98th in 2019), the 553rd most popular biography from United States (up from 625th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Singer.

Donna Summer was an American singer and songwriter. She was most famous for her disco songs, which were popular in the 1970s.

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  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Donna Summer ranks 90 out of 4,381. Before her are Johnny Hallyday, Rihanna, Alla Pugacheva, Françoise Hardy, Lata Mangeshkar, and Anatoliy Solovianenko. After her are Gloria Gaynor, Teresa Teng, Steven Tyler, Harry Belafonte, Roy Orbison, and Dieter Bohlen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Donna Summer ranks 33. Before her are Maurizio Gucci, Klaus Meine, George Tupou V, George R. R. Martin, Kathy Bates, and Alice Cooper. After her are Patrizia Reggiani, Carl Weathers, Steven Tyler, Frank Abagnale, Robert Plant, and Yoshihide Suga. Among people deceased in 2012, Donna Summer ranks 22. Before her are Theo Angelopoulos, George Tupou V, Sylvia Kristel, Roger Garaudy, Carroll Shelby, and Ernest Borgnine. After her are Robin Gibb, Matilde Camus, Carlos Fuentes, Antoni Tàpies, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, and Sven Hassel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donna Summer ranks 553 out of 20,380. Before her are Raquel Welch (1940), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), Burt Young (1940), Bob Beamon (1946), Harold Lloyd (1893), and Chet Baker (1929). After her are Terry Gilliam (1940), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Kamala Harris (1964), T. S. Eliot (1888), Oprah Winfrey (1954), and Carl Weathers (1948).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Donna Summer ranks 35. Before her are Sarah Vaughan (1924), Billie Holiday (1915), Prince (1958), The Notorious B.I.G. (1972), Diana Ross (1944), and Gwen Stefani (1969). After her are Gloria Gaynor (1947), Steven Tyler (1948), Harry Belafonte (1927), Roy Orbison (1936), Glen Campbell (1936), and Art Garfunkel (1941).

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