SINGER

Janis Joplin

1943 - 1970

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Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals, as well as her "electric" stage presence. In 1967, Joplin rose to prominence following an appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then little-known San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janis Joplin has received more than 21,178,582 page views. Her biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Janis Joplin is the 5th most popular singer, the 42nd most popular biography from United States (down from 40th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Singer.

Janis Joplin was a singer and songwriter who is most famous for her work with Big Brother and the Holding Company.

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  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Janis Joplin ranks 5 out of 4,381. Before her are Elvis Presley, Édith Piaf, Mick Jagger, and Aretha Franklin. After her are Maria Callas, Cher, Luciano Pavarotti, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Toto Cutugno, Charles Aznavour, and Tina Turner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Janis Joplin ranks 3. Before her are Mick Jagger, and Robert De Niro. After her are John Major, Lech Wałęsa, Toto Cutugno, Julio Iglesias, Catherine Deneuve, Jim Morrison, George Harrison, Bobby Fischer, and Queen Silvia of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1970, Janis Joplin ranks 2. Before her is Charles de Gaulle. After her are Bertrand Russell, Gamal Abdel Nasser, António de Oliveira Salazar, Erich Maria Remarque, Abraham Maslow, Jimi Hendrix, Yukio Mishima, Max Born, Sukarno, and Alexander Kerensky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janis Joplin ranks 42 out of 20,380. Before her are Walt Disney (1901), Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), H. P. Lovecraft (1890), Aretha Franklin (1942), Al Pacino (1940), and Robert De Niro (1943). After her are Harry S. Truman (1884), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904), Mark Twain (1835), Zodiac Killer (1940), and Maria Callas (1923).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Janis Joplin ranks 3. Before her are Elvis Presley (1935), and Aretha Franklin (1942). After her are Maria Callas (1923), Cher (1946), Tina Turner (1939), Frank Sinatra (1915), Jim Morrison (1943), Joan Baez (1941), Tupac Shakur (1971), Patti Smith (1946), and Whitney Houston (1963).

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