New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

MUSICIAN

James Taylor

1948 - Today

Photo of James Taylor

Icon of person James Taylor

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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James Taylors by language


Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, James Taylor ranks 656 out of 2,662Before 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.

Most Popular Musicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, James Taylor ranks 190Before 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.

Others Born in 1948

Go to all Rankings

In United States

Among people born in United States, James Taylor ranks 3,393 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, James Taylor ranks 209Before 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).

Twitter Activity