SINGER

Judith Durham

1943 - 2022

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Judith Durham (born Judith Mavis Cock; 3 July 1943 – 5 August 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1962. The group became the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States and have sold over 50 million records worldwide. Durham left the group in mid-1968 to pursue her solo career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Judith Durham has received more than 3,122,557 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Judith Durham is the 1,621st most popular singer, the 261st most popular biography from Australia and the 8th most popular Australian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Judith Durham ranks 1,621 out of 4,381Before her are Peter Sarstedt, Roza Rymbayeva, Conny Vandenbos, Chad Kroeger, Sam Brown, and Amy Macdonald. After her are Bobby Hebb, Lisa Fischer, Tajči, Jack Harlow, Katie Melua, and Louis Neefs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Judith Durham ranks 560Before her are Martin Mull, Willie Davenport, René-Pierre Quentin, Manfred Schaefer, Phyllis Somerville, and David Clennon. After her are Bertil Roos, Sly Stone, Pedro Pablo León, Richard Eyre, Mirsad Fazlagić, and Daniel Robin. Among people deceased in 2022, Judith Durham ranks 457Before her are Miodrag Ješić, Barbara Thompson, Galina Shamrai, Pietro Citati, Leslie Jordan, and József Tóth. After her are Ilkka Kanerva, Jürgen Sundermann, Thue Christiansen, John H. Coates, Orrin Hatch, and Tomás Boy.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Judith Durham ranks 261 out of 1,143Before her are Cadel Evans (1977), Pat Cash (1965), Jai Courtney (1986), Nathan Jones (1970), Poppy Montgomery (1972), and Leigh Whannell (1977). After her are Paul Stoddart (1955), John H. Coates (1945), Mal Anderson (1935), Tina Arena (1967), Mike Chapman (1947), and Christopher Clark (1960).

Among SINGERS In Australia

Among singers born in Australia, Judith Durham ranks 8Before her are Joan Sutherland (1926), Johnny Logan (1954), Nellie Melba (1861), Helen Reddy (1941), Natalie Imbruglia (1975), and Dannii Minogue (1971). After her are Iggy Azalea (1990), Lenka (1978), Felix (2000), Darren Hayes (1972), Havana Brown (1985), and Cody Simpson (1997).