MUSICIAN

James Ingram

1952 - 2019

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James Edward Ingram (February 16, 1952 – January 29, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song. After beginning his career in 1973, Ingram charted eight top 40 hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart from the early 1980s until the early 1990s, as well as thirteen top 40 hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Ingram has received more than 3,153,174 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. James Ingram is the 469th most popular musician (up from 818th in 2019), the 2,496th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,101st in 2019) and the 135th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James Ingrams by language

Over the past year James Ingram has had the most page views in the with 471,301 views, followed by Spanish (57,180), and German (33,444). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Spanish (219.28%), Polish (206.89%), and Portuguese (163.18%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, James Ingram ranks 469 out of 3,175. Before him are Jeff Lynne, Richie Sambora, Alice Herz-Sommer, Michael Hutchence, Milton Nascimento, and Bill Ward. After him are Tatiana Nikolayeva, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Matthias Jabs, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mikkey Dee, and Edwin Fischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, James Ingram ranks 126. Before him are Dalia Itzik, Manuel Zelaya, Larry Fink, Mandy Patinkin, Nile Rodgers, and Pietro Mennea. After him are Vladislav Tretiak, Jack W. Szostak, François Berléand, David Icke, Vandana Shiva, and Graham Greene. Among people deceased in 2019, James Ingram ranks 116. Before him are Frank Lucas, Rip Torn, Eddie Money, Emanuel Ungaro, Andrés Gimeno, and Hirokazu Kanazawa. After him are Katherine Helmond, Gershon Kingsley, Jean Starobinski, Dawda Jawara, John C. Bogle, and Godfried Danneels.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Ingram ranks 2,496 out of 20,380. Before him are Nan Goldin (1953), Mervyn LeRoy (1900), Harry Dexter White (1892), Sela Ward (1956), George Segal (1934), and Bruce Nauman (1941). After him are Bill Finger (1914), Elijah Wood (1981), Katherine Helmond (1929), Jerry Fodor (1935), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), and Thomas R. Marshall (1854).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, James Ingram ranks 135. Before him are Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Steve Morse (1954), Scott McKenzie (1939), John Frusciante (1970), Bud Powell (1924), and Richie Sambora (1959). After him are Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Matt Cameron (1962), Archie Shepp (1937), Peter Cetera (1944), Willy DeVille (1950), and Pat Metheny (1954).

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