SINGER

Frank Sinatra

1915 - 1998

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Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was greatly influenced by the intimate easy listening vocal style of Bing Crosby and began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Sinatra found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the "bobby soxers". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Sinatra has received more than 26,808,097 page views. His biography is available in 98 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Frank Sinatra is the 7th most popular singer (up from 8th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from United States (down from 80th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Singer.

Frank Sinatra is most famous for his voice. He was also a very popular singer in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

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  • 27M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 82.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 98

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Frank Sinatra ranks 7 out of 3,541. Before him are Elvis Presley, Édith Piaf, Cher, Luciano Pavarotti, Janis Joplin, and Maria Callas. After him are Johnny Cash, Tina Turner, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Joan Baez, Charles Aznavour, and Jim Morrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Frank Sinatra ranks 3. Before him are Édith Piaf and Augusto Pinochet. After him are Anthony Quinn, Ingrid Bergman, David Rockefeller, Roland Barthes, Vasily Zaitsev, Moshe Dayan, Orson Welles, Arthur Miller, and Eli Wallach. Among people deceased in 1998, Frank Sinatra ranks 3. Before him are Akira Kurosawa and Pol Pot. After him are Halldór Laxness, Jean Marais, Carlos Castaneda, Ernst Jünger, Todor Zhivkov, Jean-François Lyotard, Yang Shangkun, Niklas Luhmann, and Octavio Paz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Sinatra ranks 81 out of 15,968. Before him are Stephen King (1947), John Dewey (1859), Joe Biden (1942), Dustin Hoffman (1937), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), and Patrick Swayze (1952). After him are Theodore Roosevelt (1858), Johnny Cash (1932), James Dean (1931), Bob Dylan (1941), Jimi Hendrix (1942), and Debbie Reynolds (1932).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Frank Sinatra ranks 5. Before him are Elvis Presley (1935), Cher (1946), Janis Joplin (1943), and Maria Callas (1923). After him are Johnny Cash (1932), Tina Turner (1939), Joan Baez (1941), Jim Morrison (1943), Tupac Shakur (1971), James Brown (1933), and Barbra Streisand (1942).

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