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Leontyne Price

1927 - Today

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Mary Violet Leontyne Price ( lee-ON-teen, LEE-ən-teen; born February 10, 1927) is an American spinto soprano who was the first African-American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera. She regularly appeared at the world's major opera houses, including the Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and La Scala; at La Scala, she was also the first African American to sing a leading role. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leontyne Price has received more than 2,084,226 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Leontyne Price is the 940th most popular singer (down from 651st in 2019), the 4,964th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,706th in 2019) and the 244th most popular American Singer.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Leontyne Price ranks 940 out of 4,381. Before her are Berta Ambrož, Dennis Frederiksen, Kulyash Baiseitova, Harry Styles, Michèle Arnaud, and Ann Wilson. After her are Mustafa Sandal, Girija Devi, Elisabeth Schumann, Rita Coolidge, Biyouna, and Rambo Amadeus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Leontyne Price ranks 235. Before her are Robert N. Bellah, Theodore Maiman, Franco Donatoni, Hsing Yun, Eileen Ryan, and Don Revie. After her are Herbert Ross, Laurel Aitken, Yevgeny Morgunov, Robert Spaemann, Luis Rijo, and Shoji Nishio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leontyne Price ranks 4,964 out of 20,380. Before her are Marianne Moore (1887), Eric Bogosian (1953), Hank Jones (1918), William D. Leahy (1875), Henry Russell (1904), and Tracy Pollan (1960). After her are Charles Yerkes (1837), Richard Speck (1941), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), Bryan Singer (1965), William Eggleston (1939), and Mia Hamm (1972).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Leontyne Price ranks 244. Before her are Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), Jackie Wilson (1934), Johnny Nash (1940), MC Hammer (1962), Dennis Frederiksen (1951), and Ann Wilson (1950). After her are Rita Coolidge (1945), Judy Collins (1939), Leon Russell (1942), Boz Scaggs (1944), Joan Osborne (1962), and Billy Paul (1934).

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