1950 - 1983
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer who with her elder brother Richard performed as the duo the Carpenters. With a distinctive three-octave contralto vocal range, she was praised by her peers as a great vocalist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Carpenter has received more than 11,262,374 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Karen Carpenter is the 368th most popular singer (up from 370th in 2019), the 2,288th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,114th in 2019) and the 119th most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Karen Carpenter ranks 368 out of 3,541. Before her are Udo Dirkschneider, Joey Tempest, Facundo Cabral, André Claveau, Lisa Marie Presley, and Carlo Bergonzi. After her are Tino Rossi, Eazy-E, Agnes Baltsa, Manuel García, Rubén Blades, and Chris Brown.
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 362
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 363
1937 - 2011
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 364
1911 - 2003
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 365
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 366
1924 - 2014
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 367
1950 - 1983
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 368
1907 - 1983
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 369
1964 - 1995
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 370
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 371
1775 - 1832
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 372
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 373
1989 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 374
Among people born in 1950, Karen Carpenter ranks 83. Before her are Eric Carr, Joe Perry, Corinne Cléry, John Candy, Hiroshi Kanazawa, and Bernie Taupin. After her are Lakshmi Mittal, Grigory Sokolov, Javier Clemente, Mithun Chakraborty, Chantal Akerman, and Neda Ukraden. Among people deceased in 1983, Karen Carpenter ranks 57. Before her are Roy Sullivan, Shizo Kanakuri, Louison Bobet, Norma Shearer, László Budai, and Salo Flohr. After her are Tino Rossi, Carolyn Jones, Ross Macdonald, Marianne Brandt, Miguel Alemán Valdés, and Vladimir Gelfand.
1950 - 1991
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 77
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 78
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 79
1950 - 1994
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 80
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 81
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 82
1950 - 1983
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 83
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 84
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 85
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 86
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 87
1950 - 2015
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 88
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 89
1912 - 1983
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 51
1891 - 1983
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 52
1925 - 1983
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 53
1902 - 1983
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 54
1928 - 1983
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 55
1908 - 1983
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 56
1950 - 1983
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 57
1907 - 1983
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 58
1930 - 1983
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 59
1915 - 1983
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 60
1893 - 1983
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 61
1900 - 1983
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 62
1923 - 1983
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 63
Among people born in United States, Karen Carpenter ranks 2,288 out of 15,968. Before her are Vic Morrow (1929), Maxwell D. Taylor (1901), George Wallace (1919), Ellen Barkin (1954), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), and Eddie Fisher (1928). After her are Ellison Onizuka (1946), Van Heflin (1908), Carolyn Jones (1930), Olympia Dukakis (1931), Eazy-E (1964), and John G. Thompson (1932).
1929 - 1982
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 2,282
1901 - 1987
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 2,283
1919 - 1998
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 2,284
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 2,285
1818 - 1893
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 2,286
1928 - 2010
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 2,287
1950 - 1983
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 2,288
1946 - 1986
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 2,289
1908 - 1971
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 2,290
1930 - 1983
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 2,291
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 2,292
1964 - 1995
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 2,293
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 2,294
Among singers born in United States, Karen Carpenter ranks 119. Before her are Roberta Flack (1937), Joe Lynn Turner (1951), Kim Carnes (1945), Mariah Carey (1969), Chubby Checker (1941), and Lisa Marie Presley (1968). After her are Eazy-E (1964), Chris Brown (1989), Pinetop Perkins (1913), Frankie Valli (1934), Lee Hazlewood (1929), and Marc Anthony (1968).
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 113
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 114
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 115
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 116
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 117
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 118
1950 - 1983
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 119
1964 - 1995
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 120
1989 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 121
1913 - 2011
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 122
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 123
1929 - 2007
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 124
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 125