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Joan Baez

1941 - Today

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Joan Chandos Baez ( BYZE, Spanish: [ˈbaes]; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Baez has received more than 9,296,884 page views. Her biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Joan Baez is the 19th most popular singer (down from 14th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from United States (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Singer.

Joan Baez is most famous for being a folk singer. She was also a very active member of the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement in the 1960s.

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  • 9.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Joan Baez ranks 19 out of 4,381. Before her are Julio Iglesias, David Bowie, Dalida, Adriano Celentano, Frank Sinatra, and Jim Morrison. After her are Demis Roussos, Tupac Shakur, Enrico Caruso, Patti Smith, Montserrat Caballé, and Umm Kulthum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Joan Baez ranks 7. Before her are Hayao Miyazaki, Kim Jong-il, Bernie Sanders, Alex Ferguson, Slobodan Milošević, and Bob Dylan. After her are Sergio Mattarella, Bernardo Bertolucci, Cesária Évora, Václav Klaus, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Robert Forster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Baez ranks 111 out of 20,380. Before her are Jimi Hendrix (1942), Jim Morrison (1943), John Dewey (1859), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), Debbie Reynolds (1932), and John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928). After her are Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927), Jack Nicholson (1937), Madonna (1958), Jane Addams (1860), Isadora Duncan (1877), and Tupac Shakur (1971).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Joan Baez ranks 9. Before her are Janis Joplin (1943), Maria Callas (1923), Cher (1946), Tina Turner (1939), Frank Sinatra (1915), and Jim Morrison (1943). After her are Tupac Shakur (1971), Patti Smith (1946), Whitney Houston (1963), Johnny Cash (1932), Barry White (1944), and Barbra Streisand (1942).

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