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Helen Shapiro

1946 - Today

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Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is a British pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain's most successful female singers. With a voice described by AllMusic as possessing "the maturity and sensibilities of someone far beyond their teen years", Shapiro recorded two 1961 UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness", when she was just 14 years old.Shapiro first achieved prominence in 1961 when her debut single, "Don't Treat Me Like a Child", reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Shapiro has received more than 1,528,804 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Helen Shapiro is the 1,306th most popular singer (down from 1,208th in 2019), the 3,656th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,474th in 2019) and the 140th most popular British Singer.

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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Helen Shapiro ranks 1,306 out of 3,528Before her are Yuri Shevchuk, Anna Oxa, Namie Amuro, Maya Kristalinskaya, Skeeter Davis, and André Hazes. After her are Tego Calderón, Johnny Rivers, Katie Melua, Sheila E., Omar Souleyman, and Imogen Heap.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Helen Shapiro ranks 469Before her are Jean Thissen, Carol Dweck, Michel Chossudovsky, Harry Vos, Ladislav Petráš, and Karina. After her are Gordon Haskell, Zinaida Turchyna, Peter Lorimer, Michel Leclère, Patrick Baudry, and Randy Meisner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Helen Shapiro ranks 3,656 out of 7,765Before her are Ralph Copeland (1837), Innes Ireland (1930), Peter Firth (1953), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Annie Kenney (1879), and Leonard Meredith (1882). After her are Charles Williams (1886), Roger of Wendover (1200), Michael Heseltine (1933), Alan Brown (1919), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), and Gordon Haskell (1946).

Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Helen Shapiro ranks 140Before her are Cilla Black (1943), Leo Sayer (1948), Matt Monro (1930), Sandy Denny (1947), Linda Martin (1952), and Aneka (1947). After her are Imogen Heap (1977), Acker Bilk (1929), M.I.A. (1975), Curt Smith (1961), Mary Garden (1874), and Sam Smith (1992).