SINGER

Irma Thomas

1941 - Today

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Irma Thomas (née Lee; born February 18, 1941) is an American singer from New Orleans. She is known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans". Thomas is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James, but never experienced their level of commercial success. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irma Thomas has received more than 875,454 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Irma Thomas is the 1,808th most popular singer (up from 1,919th in 2019), the 9,653rd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,437th in 2019) and the 466th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Irma Thomas ranks 1,808 out of 4,381. Before her are MF Doom, Dana Rosemary Scallon, Jackson Wang, Ben Harper, Willie Brown, and Cássia Eller. After her are Stephen Gately, George Ezra, Caro Emerald, Roger Pontare, Richard Thompson, and K.d. lang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Irma Thomas ranks 543. Before her are Tony Dunne, Horst Meyer, Marty Riessen, Mária Gulácsy, Luigi Ferrando, and Miroslav Verner. After her are Nelson López, Takao Sakurai, Mário da Graça Machungo, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Faith Leech, and Magne Thomassen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irma Thomas ranks 9,653 out of 20,380. Before her are Tina Louise (1934), Joel Glazer (1970), Alan Rudolph (1943), Walt Davis (1931), Edward Brophy (1895), and Sunrise Adams (1982). After her are Frank Henry (1909), Joey King (1999), Harry Hebner (1891), Desmond Harrington (1976), Wes Borland (1975), and Sam Robards (1961).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Irma Thomas ranks 466. Before her are Chris Connor (1927), George Fisher (1970), Ray Gillen (1959), Greg Graffin (1964), Ben Harper (1969), and Willie Brown (1900). After her are Lil' Kim (1974), Lawrence Tibbett (1896), Magic Sam (1937), Johnnie Ray (1927), Chris Fehn (1973), and LaVern Baker (1929).

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