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Laura Branigan

1952 - 2004

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Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 single "Gloria", stayed on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No. 2. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laura Branigan has received more than 7,934,786 page views. Her biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Laura Branigan is the 117th most popular singer (up from 145th in 2019), the 666th most popular biography from United States (up from 916th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Singer.

Laura Branigan was a singer in the 1980s. She is most famous for her song "Gloria" which was released in 1982.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Laura Branigan ranks 117 out of 4,381. Before her are Marie Fredriksson, Ariana Grande, Domenico Modugno, Sandra, Dolly Parton, and Mina. After her are Constanze Mozart, Eros Ramazzotti, Mercedes Sosa, Kenny Rogers, Gigliola Cinquetti, and Peter Gabriel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Laura Branigan ranks 28. Before her are Hun Sen, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jeff Goldblum, Cyril Ramaphosa, Oleg Blokhin, and Zoran Đinđić. After her are Vahid Halilhodžić, Gary Moore, Douglas Adams, Neil Peart, Bronisław Komorowski, and Tomislav Nikolić. Among people deceased in 2004, Laura Branigan ranks 26. Before her are Akhmad Kadyrov, Janet Leigh, Helmut Newton, Maurice Wilkins, Renata Tebaldi, and Stieg Larsson. After her are Leônidas, Carlos Kleiber, Ingrid Thulin, Sune Bergström, Estée Lauder, and Julius Axelrod.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laura Branigan ranks 666 out of 20,380. Before her are James Rainwater (1917), Dolly Parton (1946), George Peppard (1928), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Bill Bixby (1934), and David Copperfield (1956). After her are Colin Powell (1937), Harper Lee (1926), Irwin Rose (1926), Black Dahlia (1924), Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), and Michael Mann (1943).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Laura Branigan ranks 44. Before her are Harry Belafonte (1927), Roy Orbison (1936), Glen Campbell (1936), Art Garfunkel (1941), Ariana Grande (1993), and Dolly Parton (1946). After her are Kenny Rogers (1938), Marvin Gaye (1939), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Bing Crosby (1903), John Lee Hooker (1917), and Billy Joel (1949).

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