SINGER

Helen Reddy

1941 - 2020

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Helen Maxine Reddy (25 October 1941 – 29 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, actress, television host, and activist. Born in Melbourne to a show business family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on radio and television and won a talent contest on the television program Bandstand in 1966; her prize was a ticket to New York City and a record audition, which was unsuccessful. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Reddy has received more than 6,720,077 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Helen Reddy is the 683rd most popular singer (up from 928th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Australia (up from 127th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Australian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Helen Reddy ranks 683 out of 4,381. Before her are Alexander Rybak, Ronnie Van Zant, Malena Ernman, Philipp Kirkorov, Alan Tam, and Martti Talvela. After her are Robertino Loreti, Lee Hazlewood, Grethe Ingmann, Angelo Branduardi, Peggy March, and Dead.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Helen Reddy ranks 220. Before her are Percy Sledge, Sonny Landham, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Leonid Kizim, Jiří Raška, and Miriam Margolyes. After her are Mario Corso, Vlado Milunić, Chucho Valdés, Alfred Aho, Tomaž Šalamun, and Angelo Domenghini. Among people deceased in 2020, Helen Reddy ranks 208. Before her are David Stern, Juan Marsé, David Graeber, Yuri Orlov, Ronald Harwood, and Gigi Proietti. After her are Mario Corso, Alfred Worden, Pierino Prati, Silvio Marzolini, Daria Nicolodi, and Mad Mike Hoare.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Helen Reddy ranks 84 out of 1,143. Before her are David Bruce (1855), Ron Clarke (1937), Judy Davis (1955), Nick Vujicic (1982), Mark Evans (1956), and David Wenham (1965). After her are Roger Donaldson (1945), Morris West (1916), Terence Tao (1975), James Aldridge (1918), Germaine Greer (1939), and Leo McKern (1920).

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Among SINGERS In Australia

Among singers born in Australia, Helen Reddy ranks 5. Before her are Kylie Minogue (1968), Joan Sutherland (1926), Johnny Logan (1954), and Nellie Melba (1861). After her are Natalie Imbruglia (1975), Dannii Minogue (1971), Judith Durham (1943), Iggy Azalea (1990), Lenka (1978), Felix (2000), and Darren Hayes (1972).

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