MUSICIAN

Grace Slick

1939 - Today

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Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American retired musician and painter whose musical career spanned four decades. She was a prominent figure in San Francisco's psychedelic music scene during the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Initially performing with the Great Society, Slick achieved fame as the lead singer and frontwoman of Jefferson Airplane and the subsequent spinoff bands Jefferson Starship and Starship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grace Slick has received more than 8,937,600 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Grace Slick is the 523rd most popular musician (down from 368th in 2019), the 2,714th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,041st in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Musician.

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  • 8.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Grace Slick ranks 523 out of 3,175Before her are Carlos Puebla, Bernie Taupin, Jason Newsted, James Taylor, Maurice White, and Arthur Grumiaux. After her are Chris Martin, Verivery, Wes Montgomery, Joey DeMaio, Bobby McFerrin, and Don Henley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Grace Slick ranks 146Before her are Norman Davies, Sal Mineo, Lily Tomlin, Jane Alexander, Adelardo Rodríguez, and Maria Bueno. After her are Rosie Reyes, Leo Brouwer, Ariane Mnouchkine, John Howard, Bertrand Blier, and Janusz Gajos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Grace Slick ranks 2,714 out of 20,380Before her are Maurice White (1941), William Joyce (1906), Jef Raskin (1943), Jim Kelly (1946), Edwin Hall (1855), and Chuck Lorre (1952). After her are Nelson Algren (1909), Anne Archer (1947), Wes Montgomery (1923), Jo Van Fleet (1915), Ric Flair (1949), and S. S. Van Dine (1888).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Grace Slick ranks 149Before her are Chad Smith (1961), Suzanne Vega (1959), Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914), Jason Newsted (1963), James Taylor (1948), and Maurice White (1941). After her are Wes Montgomery (1923), Joey DeMaio (1954), Bobby McFerrin (1950), Don Henley (1947), Van Cliburn (1934), and Freddie King (1934).