SINGER

Kim Gordon

1953 - Today

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Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and rapper best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. Born in Rochester, New York, she was raised in Los Angeles, California, where her father was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduating from Los Angeles's Otis College of Art and Design, she moved to New York City to begin an art career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Gordon has received more than 3,395,746 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Kim Gordon is the 1,302nd most popular singer (down from 1,204th in 2019), the 6,669th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,498th in 2019) and the 324th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kim Gordon ranks 1,302 out of 4,381. Before her are Clara Nunes, Dany Dauberson, Lyle Lovett, Yoko Kanno, Mississippi John Hurt, and Ulla Pia. After her are Bernie Shaw, Simón Díaz, Roy Eldridge, Paulina Rubio, Mady Mesplé, and Anna von Mildenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Kim Gordon ranks 305. Before her are Toshio Takabayashi, Ernest Bai Koroma, Enzo Trossero, Cornel West, Katarina Frostenson, and Hiroyuki Usui. After her are Jan Kjærstad, Ibrahim Zakzaky, Grażyna Szapołowska, Kvitka Cisyk, Jürgen Pommerenke, and Antoine de Caunes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kim Gordon ranks 6,669 out of 20,380. Before her are Kirk Alyn (1910), Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867), Abraham Polonsky (1910), Mary Alice (1941), Anna Schwartz (1915), and Michael Harner (1929). After her are Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Jason Lee (1970), Gary L. Francione (1954), Bill Condon (1955), Mary Carew (1913), and Carol Ann Susi (1952).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Kim Gordon ranks 324. Before her are Brian Hyland (1943), Dan Reynolds (1987), Kathleen Battle (1948), Zack de la Rocha (1970), Lyle Lovett (1957), and Mississippi John Hurt (1892). After her are Roy Eldridge (1911), Eydie Gormé (1928), Emma Abbott (1850), Kvitka Cisyk (1953), Abbey Lincoln (1930), and Shirley Verrett (1931).

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