SINGER

Kenny Rogers

1938 - 2020

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Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted more than 120 hit singles across various genres, topping the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenny Rogers has received more than 16,183,646 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenny Rogers is the 121st most popular singer (up from 205th in 2019), the 710th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,315th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Singer.

Kenny Rogers is a country singer and songwriter. He has had many hits over the years, including "The Gambler," "Coward of the County," "Lucille," and "Islands in the Stream."

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kenny Rogers ranks 121 out of 4,381. Before him are Dolly Parton, Mina, Laura Branigan, Constanze Mozart, Eros Ramazzotti, and Mercedes Sosa. After him are Gigliola Cinquetti, Peter Gabriel, Sylvie Vartan, Carmen Miranda, Lys Assia, and Bruce Dickinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Kenny Rogers ranks 41. Before him are Fuad Masum, Otto Rehhagel, Heinz Fischer, Diana Rigg, José Altafini, and Donald Knuth. After him are Robert Nozick, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, César Luis Menotti, Ahmed Qurei, Jean Giraud, and Jiří Menzel. Among people deceased in 2020, Kenny Rogers ranks 28. Before him are Tabaré Vázquez, Rob Rensenbrink, Robert Hossein, Lee Teng-hui, Diana Rigg, and Juliette Gréco. After him are Neil Peart, Betty Williams, Christopher Tolkien, Arthur Ashkin, Dmitry Yazov, and Jiří Menzel.

Others Born in 1938

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenny Rogers ranks 710 out of 20,380. Before him are Sally Field (1946), Harold Urey (1893), Billie Jean King (1943), John McCarthy (1927), Nat King Cole (1919), and Lee Marvin (1924). After him are John Deere (1804), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Jared Diamond (1937), Robert H. Goddard (1882), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), and Montgomery Clift (1920).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Kenny Rogers ranks 45. Before him are Roy Orbison (1936), Glen Campbell (1936), Art Garfunkel (1941), Ariana Grande (1993), Dolly Parton (1946), and Laura Branigan (1952). After him are Marvin Gaye (1939), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Bing Crosby (1903), John Lee Hooker (1917), Billy Joel (1949), and Tori Amos (1963).

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