1948 - Today
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Taylor has received more than 12,577,703 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). James Taylor is the 656th most popular musician (up from 720th in 2019), the 3,393rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,658th in 2019) and the 209th most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, James Taylor ranks 656 out of 2,662. Before him are Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Smith, Vinnie Vincent, Robert Casadesus, Lazar Berman, and Joe Walsh. After him are Carla Bley, Manfred Mann, Sean Combs, Phil Taylor, Rick Wakeman, and Fou Ts'ong.
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 650
1925 - 2005
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 651
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 652
1899 - 1972
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 653
1930 - 2005
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 654
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 655
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 656
1936 - 2023
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 657
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 658
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 659
1954 - 2015
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 660
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 661
1934 - 2020
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 662
Among people born in 1948, James Taylor ranks 190. Before him are Meg Foster, Art Spiegelman, Remo Girone, Gunnar Nilsson, Enrique Cerezo, and Peter Turkson. After him are Steve Winwood, Friedrich Koncilia, Sho Kosugi, Kenny Loggins, Jimmy Lai, and Patty Pravo.
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 184
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 185
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 186
1948 - 1978
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 187
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 188
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 189
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 190
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 191
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 192
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 193
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 194
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 195
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 196
Among people born in United States, James Taylor ranks 3,393 out of 18,182. Before him are Vinnie Vincent (1952), Dermot Mulroney (1963), Laurens Hammond (1895), Marcian Hoff (1937), Joe Walsh (1947), and Ruth Handler (1916). After him are George Ellery Hale (1868), Jon Cryer (1965), Carla Bley (1936), Fred Quimby (1886), Richard Bright (1937), and Dan Gurney (1931).
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 3,387
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 3,388
1895 - 1973
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 3,389
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 3,390
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 3,391
1916 - 2002
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 3,392
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 3,393
1868 - 1938
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,394
1965 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,395
1936 - 2023
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,396
1886 - 1965
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,397
1937 - 2006
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,398
1931 - 2018
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,399
Among musicians born in United States, James Taylor ranks 209. Before him are Ron Carter (1937), Clarence Clemons (1942), Smokey Robinson (1940), Jimmy Smith (1925), Vinnie Vincent (1952), and Joe Walsh (1947). After him are Carla Bley (1936), Sean Combs (1969), Bob Seger (1945), Mark Lanegan (1964), Maceo Parker (1943), and Jerry Garcia (1942).
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 203
1942 - 2011
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 204
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 205
1925 - 2005
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 206
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 207
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 208
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 209
1936 - 2023
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 210
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 211
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 212
1964 - 2022
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 213
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 214
1942 - 1995
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 215