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Joe Diffie

1958 - 2020

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Joe Logan Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. After working as a demo singer in the mid 1980s, he signed with Epic Records' Nashville division in 1990. Between then and 2004, Diffie charted 35 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, five of which peaked at number one: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)", "Third Rock from the Sun", "Pickup Man" (his longest-lasting number-one song, at four weeks) and "Bigger Than the Beatles". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Diffie has received more than 2,983,065 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joe Diffie is the 3,919th most popular singer (down from 3,563rd in 2019), the 18,221st most popular biography from United States (down from 16,522nd in 2019) and the 1,010th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Joe Diffie ranks 3,919 out of 4,381. Before him are Sukhwinder Singh, Lizz Wright, Alika Milova, Yemi Alade, Ulrikke Brandstorp, and Jung Ha-na. After him are Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Jüri Pootsmann, András Kállay-Saunders, Rebecca Black, Aiko, and Makka Sagaipova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Joe Diffie ranks 789. Before him are Mark Pavelich, Jay Triano, Joe F. Edwards Jr., Lam Jones, Mike Woodson, and Kriss Akabusi. After him are Steve Israel, Shirley Strong, Bob Joles, Alan Grayson, Mac Thornberry, and Nicholas Kay. Among people deceased in 2020, Joe Diffie ranks 890. Before him are Willie Thorne, Execution of Navid Afkari, Yahya Hassan, Shad Gaspard, Tom Lester, and Arianne Caoili. After him are Helen Morgan, Robert Archibald, Lara van Ruijven, Marius Žaliūkas, Floyd Cardoz, and Richard Adjei.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Diffie ranks 18,221 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom McClintock (1956), David Walton (1978), Katrina Adams (1968), Lester Holt (1959), CJ McCollum (1991), and Bradley Steven Perry (1998). After him are Cedric Bixler-Zavala (1974), Terri Sewell (1965), Charlotte McKinney (1993), Amy Weber (1972), Jeffrey Ford (1968), and András Kállay-Saunders (1985).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Joe Diffie ranks 1,010. Before him are Gunna (1993), Sabrina Bryan (1984), Chris Tomlin (1972), YNW Melly (1999), Gretchen Wilson (1973), and Lizz Wright (1980). After him are Cedric Bixler-Zavala (1974), András Kállay-Saunders (1985), Rebecca Black (1997), Clay Aiken (1978), H.E.R. (1997), and Banks (1988).

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