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Eric Carmen

1949 - 2024

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Eric Howard Carmen (August 11, 1949 – March, 2024) was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was the lead vocalist of the Raspberries, with whom he recorded the hit "Go All the Way" and four albums. He embarked on a solo career in 1975 and had global success with "All by Myself", "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", "She Did It", "Hungry Eyes", and "Make Me Lose Control". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Carmen has received more than 3,524,320 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Eric Carmen is the 798th most popular singer (down from 716th in 2019), the 4,257th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,077th in 2019) and the 212th most popular American Singer.

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  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Eric Carmen ranks 798 out of 4,381. Before him are Ville Valo, Ingvar Wixell, Sinn Sisamouth, Guy Béart, Ljiljana Petrović, and Carl Wilson. After him are Fish, Julie London, Rodoljub Roki Vulović, Minnie Riperton, Lill Lindfors, and Ileana Cotrubaș.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Eric Carmen ranks 271. Before him are Herman Rarebell, Bertalan Farkas, Michael Brecker, Ivan Patzaichin, Bernhard Cullmann, and Åse Kleveland. After him are William Forsythe, Tommy Mottola, Arno, Ray Dalio, Juan Manuel Asensi, and Abdullah Senussi. Among people deceased in 2024, Eric Carmen ranks 202. Before him are Jean Petit, Nabil Elaraby, Aribert Reimann, Frédéric Mitterrand, William Calley, and Jesse Jane. After him are Vladimir Aksyonov, Tony Todd, Wu Bangguo, Edward Lowassa, Bora Đorđević, and Mykhaylo Fomenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Carmen ranks 4,257 out of 20,380. Before him are Samuel Little (1940), Paul Shenar (1936), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Jordan Rudess (1956), Beatrice Straight (1914), and James Gunn (1966). After him are Roy Rogers (1911), Chris Hardwick (1971), Morgan Robertson (1861), Connie Booth (1944), Wallace Beery (1885), and Richie Havens (1941).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Eric Carmen ranks 212. Before him are Tammi Terrell (1945), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Big Sean (1988), George Clinton (1941), Jennifer Warnes (1947), and Carl Wilson (1946). After him are Julie London (1926), Minnie Riperton (1947), Gregg Allman (1947), Patti LaBelle (1944), Little Walter (1930), and Afrika Bambaataa (1957).

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