SINGER

Florence Ballard

1943 - 1976

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Florence Glenda Chapman (née Ballard; June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes. She sang on 16 top 40 singles with the group, including ten number-one hits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Florence Ballard has received more than 2,785,380 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Florence Ballard is the 1,497th most popular singer (down from 1,047th in 2019), the 7,737th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,721st in 2019) and the 363rd most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Florence Ballard ranks 1,497 out of 4,381. Before her are Joy Fleming, Ali Akbar Khan, Mary Garden, Henri Dès, Sally Yeh, and Tom Lehrer. After her are Danièle Dupré, Malvina Reynolds, François Deguelt, Lolita Milyavskaya, Zemfira, and Diane Warren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Florence Ballard ranks 521. Before her are Giuseppe Gentile, Foppe de Haan, Margaret Archer, Heide Simonis, Gil Gerard, and Ahmed Sofa. After her are Helen Quinn, Marita Lange, Carole Caldwell Graebner, Billy Cunningham, Lynn Burke, and William Chittick. Among people deceased in 1976, Florence Ballard ranks 207. Before her are Zoltán Latinovits, Johnny Mercer, María Corda, George Parker, Anton Grasser, and Miriam Cooper. After her are Stith Thompson, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, Maria Klenova, Busby Berkeley, Walter Janssen, and Carlo Mattrel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Florence Ballard ranks 7,737 out of 20,380. Before her are Otto Kruger (1885), John Bray (1875), Chet Miller (1902), Jacqueline Logan (1904), Tom Lehrer (1928), and Warren E. Burger (1907). After her are Bubba Ray Dudley (1971), Joe Hahn (1977), Marc Davis (1913), Jamey Sheridan (1951), Michael Rosenbaum (1972), and Warren Zevon (1947).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Florence Ballard ranks 363. Before her are Lil Peep (1996), Jello Biafra (1958), Bob Welch (1945), Evelyn Lear (1926), Darlene Love (1941), and Tom Lehrer (1928). After her are Malvina Reynolds (1900), Diane Warren (1956), Mandy Moore (1984), Esther Phillips (1935), George Thorogood (1950), and Randy Jones (1952).

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