MUSICIAN

Laurie Anderson

1947 - Today

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Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist, musician and filmmaker whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and sculpting, Anderson pursued a variety of performance art projects in New York City during the 1970s, focusing particularly on language, technology, and visual imagery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurie Anderson has received more than 2,891,701 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Laurie Anderson is the 548th most popular musician (up from 557th in 2019), the 2,818th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,939th in 2019) and the 165th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Laurie Anderson ranks 548 out of 3,175Before her are Huey Lewis, Erroll Garner, Bismillah Khan, Chet Atkins, Guido Cantelli, and Art Pepper. After her are David A. Stewart, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Eugene Ormandy, Gene Krupa, Paul Rodgers, and Bronisław Huberman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Laurie Anderson ranks 198Before her are Antonio de la Cruz, Melanie, Murray Perahia, Jerry Rawlings, Riyoko Ikeda, and Karol Dobiaš. After her are Eliyahu M. Goldratt, James Cosmo, Jacob Bekenstein, Nick Castle, Bryan Brown, and Mesut Yılmaz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laurie Anderson ranks 2,818 out of 20,380Before her are Ralph Nader (1934), Eddie Eagan (1897), Lea Thompson (1961), Tate Donovan (1963), Ralph Macchio (1961), and Don Bluth (1937). After her are Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), William A. Wellman (1896), Leonard Susskind (1940), Jason Miller (1939), Vic Morrow (1929), and Edith Roosevelt (1861).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Laurie Anderson ranks 165Before her are Murray Perahia (1947), Buddy Guy (1936), Huey Lewis (1950), Erroll Garner (1923), Chet Atkins (1924), and Art Pepper (1925). After her are Gene Krupa (1909), Duane Allman (1946), Cannonball Adderley (1928), Randy Rhoads (1956), Coleman Hawkins (1904), and Tito Puente (1923).