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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, where she was the first African American to be a leading performer. 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 1,890,339 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Leontyne Price is the 653rd most popular singer (up from 675th in 2019), the 3,716th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,806th in 2019) and the 191st most popular American Singer.

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  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Leontyne Price ranks 653 out of 3,528. Before her are Peter Frampton, Gino Paoli, Fyodor Stravinsky, Vince Neil, Paula Abdul, and Zinka Milanov. After her are Massimo Ranieri, Edita Piekha, Grethe Ingmann, Shi Pei Pu, Dave Matthews, and Lisa Della Casa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Leontyne Price ranks 154. Before her are Yitzhak Hofi, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Halton Arp, Edmund Gettier, Carlos Romero, and Geneviève Page. After her are Roger Walkowiak, Theodore Maiman, Ahmad Jannati, Joan Segarra, Kenneth Anger, and Ales Adamovich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leontyne Price ranks 3,716 out of 18,182. Before her are Russ Tamblyn (1934), Eric Dolphy (1928), Scott Carpenter (1925), Richard Thomas (1951), John Astin (1930), and James Gunn (1966). After her are Eric Allin Cornell (1961), Jane Lynch (1960), Peggy Lipton (1946), John Stamos (1963), Mickey Mantle (1931), and Alexander Cartwright (1820).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Leontyne Price ranks 191. Before her are Billie Eilish (2001), Julie London (1926), Big Mama Thornton (1926), Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944), Vince Neil (1961), and Paula Abdul (1962). After her are Lobo (1943), Aaliyah (1979), Jim Steinman (1947), Peggy March (1948), Toby Keith (1961), and B. J. Thomas (1942).

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