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Judy Collins

1939 - Today

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Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades. An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk music, country, show tunes, pop music, rock and roll and standards), for her social activism, and for the clarity of her voice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Judy Collins has received more than 3,529,024 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Judy Collins is the 951st most popular singer (down from 851st in 2019), the 4,991st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,794th in 2019) and the 247th most popular American Singer.

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  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Judy Collins ranks 951 out of 4,381Before her are Rita Coolidge, Biyouna, Rambo Amadeus, Jelena Karleuša, Willeke Alberti, and Yaroslav Yevdokimov. After her are Claudio Baglioni, Walter Berry, Leon Russell, Laurel Aitken, Antonietta Stella, and Hana Hegerová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Judy Collins ranks 299Before her are Gösta Ekman, Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró, Irenaios, William Eggleston, Ivar Jacobson, and Joseph Vilsmaier. After her are Valery Rozhdestvensky, Giulio Angioni, Litokwa Tomeing, Sid Haig, Adam Osborne, and Jackie Burroughs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Judy Collins ranks 4,991 out of 20,380Before her are Matt Bomer (1977), Bambi Woods (1955), Herman Wouk (1915), Henry Paulson (1946), Kevin Smith (1970), and Louise Bryant (1885). After her are Sam Jones (1933), Bonnie Bartlett (1929), Frank Muller (1862), William Masters (1915), Joanne Dru (1922), and Joseph Colombo (1923).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Judy Collins ranks 247Before her are Johnny Nash (1940), MC Hammer (1962), Dennis Frederiksen (1951), Ann Wilson (1950), Leontyne Price (1927), and Rita Coolidge (1945). After her are Leon Russell (1942), Boz Scaggs (1944), Joan Osborne (1962), Billy Paul (1934), Randy Crawford (1952), and Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893).