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Gladys Knight

1944 - Today

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Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer. A ten-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. Knight has recorded two number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles ("Midnight Train to Georgia" and "That's What Friends Are For" which she did with Dionne Warwick, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder), eleven number-one R&B singles and six number-one R&B albums. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gladys Knight has received more than 7,898,207 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Gladys Knight is the 719th most popular singer (up from 780th in 2019), the 4,093rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,376th in 2019) and the 206th most popular American Singer.

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  • 7.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Gladys Knight ranks 719 out of 3,528. Before her are Roy Black, Toni Braxton, Alain Barrière, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Paul Young, and Eric Carmen. After her are Hermann Prey, Pharrell Williams, Alanis Morissette, Peter Steele, Marinella, and Pablo Milanés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Gladys Knight ranks 281. Before her are Glen Cook, Jiří Holeček, Abdulah Sidran, Kevin Ayers, Alexander Vencel, and Alex Metreveli. After her are Michael Buffer, John Atta Mills, Angela Winkler, Pierre Arditi, Naná Vasconcelos, and George Baker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gladys Knight ranks 4,093 out of 18,182. Before her are Clifton James (1920), Eric Carmen (1949), Jim Carroll (1949), Harrison Dillard (1923), Bill Bryson (1951), and Albert Sidney Johnston (1803). After her are Arielle Dombasle (1953), John Perkins (1945), Angélica María (1943), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Stephen Breyer (1938), and Martha Chase (1927).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Gladys Knight ranks 206. Before her are Mike Love (1941), Bobby Vinton (1935), Jennifer Warnes (1947), Nile Rodgers (1952), Toni Braxton (1967), and Eric Carmen (1949). After her are Pharrell Williams (1973), Peter Steele (1962), Mort Shuman (1938), Melissa Etheridge (1961), Randy Crawford (1952), and Dee Snider (1955).

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