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Harry Nilsson

1941 - 1994

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Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), sometimes credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who reached the peak of his success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering vocal overdub experiments, a return to the Great American Songbook, and fusions of Caribbean sounds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Nilsson has received more than 6,388,768 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Harry Nilsson is the 59th most popular singer (up from 376th in 2019), the 369th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,350th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Harry Nilsson ranks 59 out of 4,381. Before him are Eminem, Phil Collins, José Carreras, Víctor Jara, Ella Fitzgerald, and Jennifer Lopez. After him are Salvatore Adamo, Kate Bush, George Michael, Marianne Faithfull, Kurt Cobain, and Anthony Kiedis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Harry Nilsson ranks 23. Before him are Lee Myung-bak, Martha Argerich, Fethullah Gülen, Mahmoud Darwish, Franco Nero, and Graham Chapman. After him are Ryan O'Neal, Charlie Watts, Vivienne Westwood, Julia Kristeva, Jon Lord, and Tadao Ando. Among people deceased in 1994, Harry Nilsson ranks 17. Before him are Linus Pauling, Giulietta Masina, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Burt Lancaster, and Andrei Chikatilo. After him are Melina Mercouri, Kurt Cobain, Mas Oyama, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Léon Degrelle, and Paul Feyerabend.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Nilsson ranks 369 out of 20,380. Before him are Romina Power (1951), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959), Jennifer Lopez (1969), Joseph Stiglitz (1943), Jerry Lewis (1926), and Jefferson Davis (1808). After him are Harvey Keitel (1939), Willis Lamb (1913), Owen Chamberlain (1920), Robert Peary (1856), Virginia Apgar (1909), and Paulette Goddard (1910).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Harry Nilsson ranks 25. Before him are Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Nina Simone (1933), Stevie Wonder (1950), Eminem (1972), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), and Jennifer Lopez (1969). After him are Kurt Cobain (1967), Anthony Kiedis (1962), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), Sarah Vaughan (1924), Billie Holiday (1915), and Prince (1958).

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