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Karen Carpenter

1950 - 1983

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Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer who formed half of the highly successful duo the Carpenters with her older brother Richard. With a distinctive three-octave contralto range, she was praised by her peers for her vocal skills. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Carpenter has received more than 14,841,728 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Karen Carpenter is the 377th most popular singer (down from 367th in 2019), the 2,355th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,287th in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Karen Carpenter ranks 377 out of 3,528. Before her are Selena, Dino Merlin, Alpha Blondy, Malcolm McLaren, Katy Perry, and Harry Nilsson. After her are Henri Salvador, Liz Mitchell, Black, Randy Newman, Patricia Kaas, and Zdravko Čolić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Karen Carpenter ranks 92. Before her are Alberto Juantorena, Anghel Iordănescu, William Sadler, Mark Spitz, Jean-Marc Ayrault, and Robert B. Laughlin. After her are Mithun Chakraborty, Joe Perry, Ernesto Samper, Mory Kanté, Neda Ukraden, and Roger Hodgson. Among people deceased in 1983, Karen Carpenter ranks 57. Before her are William Walton, Norma Shearer, Igor Markevitch, Ralph Richardson, Florence Owens Thompson, and Anthony Blunt. After her are László Budai, Benigno Aquino Jr., Piero Sraffa, Vladimir Gelfand, Ross Macdonald, and Walter Stennes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karen Carpenter ranks 2,355 out of 18,182. Before her are Harry Dexter White (1892), Stefanie Powers (1942), Daniel Stern (1957), Grace Moore (1898), Harry Nilsson (1941), and Bill Gates Sr. (1925). After her are Robert F. Engle (1942), Charles Martin Hall (1863), Van Cliburn (1934), James Montgomery Flagg (1877), Don Taylor (1920), and J. C. R. Licklider (1915).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Karen Carpenter ranks 120. Before her are Kanye West (1977), Selena Gomez (1992), LP (1981), Selena (1971), Katy Perry (1984), and Harry Nilsson (1941). After her are Randy Newman (1943), Tracy Chapman (1964), Frankie Valli (1934), Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Pinetop Perkins (1913), and Carl Perkins (1932).

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