SINGER

Jennifer Holliday

1960 - Today

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Jennifer Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960) is an American singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls (1981–83), Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980–1981) and later became a successful recording artist. She is best known for her debut single, the Dreamgirls number and rhythm-and-blues/pop hit, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", for which she won a Grammy Award in 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jennifer Holliday has received more than 1,751,828 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jennifer Holliday is the 3,469th most popular singer (down from 3,146th in 2019), the 16,882nd most popular biography from United States (down from 15,270th in 2019) and the 897th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jennifer Holliday ranks 3,469 out of 4,381. Before her are Chesney Hawkes, Roy Kim, Anita Rachvelishvili, Carl Barât, Christophe Willem, and Kateryna Pavlenko. After her are Eden Alene, Vinnie Paz, Imri Ziv, Ice Spice, Liz McClarnon, and Joey Fatone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Jennifer Holliday ranks 806. Before her are Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Michèle Flournoy, Tim Pawlenty, Mark Gorski, Himani Shivpuri, and Nicola Griffith. After her are Ray Armstead, Grayson Perry, Mike McFarlane, Mike Turner, Heidi Hammel, and Caroline Lucas.

Others Born in 1960

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jennifer Holliday ranks 16,882 out of 20,380. Before her are Hayley Arceneaux (1991), Jay Ellis (1981), Tony Allen (1982), Pat Tillman (1976), Truxtun Hare (1878), and Marissa Meyer (1984). After her are Stephen Frick (1964), Nolan Gould (1998), Aleksa Palladino (1980), William Jackson Harper (1980), Amazon Eve (1979), and Adam Wingard (1982).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Jennifer Holliday ranks 897. Before her are Caroline Polachek (1985), Chad Gray (1971), Jadakiss (1975), Rich the Kid (1992), TobyMac (1964), and Natália Kelly (1994). After her are Ice Spice (2000), Joey Fatone (1977), Susan Tedeschi (1970), Alec Benjamin (1994), Jordin Sparks (1989), and King Von (1994).

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