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Joan Osborne

1962 - Today

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Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and interpreter of music, having recorded and performed in various popular American musical genres including rock, pop, soul, R&B, blues, and country. She is best known for her recording of the Eric Bazilian-penned song "One of Us" from her debut album, Relish (1995). Both the single and the album became worldwide hits and garnered a combined seven Grammy Award nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Osborne has received more than 2,877,506 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Joan Osborne is the 959th most popular singer (down from 778th in 2019), the 5,027th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,410th in 2019) and the 249th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Joan Osborne ranks 959 out of 4,381. Before her are Leon Russell, Laurel Aitken, Antonietta Stella, Hana Hegerová, Boz Scaggs, and BoA. After her are Caroline Unger, Alfred Deller, Billy Paul, Chava Alberstein, Walter Andreas Schwarz, and Randy Crawford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Joan Osborne ranks 172. Before her are MC Hammer, Wim Kieft, Taslima Nasrin, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Branko Đurić, and Bertrand Gachot. After her are Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Nawal El Moutawakel, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Jack Irons, Ari Folman, and Julio César Chávez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Osborne ranks 5,027 out of 20,380. Before her are Haskell Curry (1900), Francis Davis Millet (1848), Adlai Stevenson II (1900), Myrtle Bachelder (1908), Mark Milley (1958), and George Sidney (1916). After her are George Burns (1896), Mary Agnes Chase (1869), Rhonda Fleming (1923), Ty Burrell (1967), Safdie brothers (null), and Gale Sondergaard (1899).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Joan Osborne ranks 249. Before her are Ann Wilson (1950), Leontyne Price (1927), Rita Coolidge (1945), Judy Collins (1939), Leon Russell (1942), and Boz Scaggs (1944). After her are Billy Paul (1934), Randy Crawford (1952), Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893), Rosa Ponselle (1897), Megan Thee Stallion (1995), and Nas (1973).

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