SINGER

Loretta Lynn

1932 - 2022

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Loretta Lynn (née Webb; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as "Hey Loretta", "The Pill", "Blue Kentucky Girl", "Love Is the Foundation", "You're Lookin' at Country", "You Ain't Woman Enough", "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Loretta Lynn has received more than 15,512,720 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Loretta Lynn is the 906th most popular singer (up from 1,012th in 2019), the 4,756th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,546th in 2019) and the 234th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Loretta Lynn ranks 906 out of 4,381. Before her are Damo Suzuki, Hande Yener, Luiz Gonzaga, Éva Marton, Benny Moré, and Vince Neil. After her are Francesco Guccini, Wenche Myhre, Prodigy, Carmen McRae, Anita O'Day, and Gitte Hænning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Loretta Lynn ranks 245. Before her are Donald Byrd, Chiquito de la Calzada, Carlo Maria Abate, Anand Panyarachun, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, and Quentin Blake. After her are Hisashi Owada, Arif Mardin, Paul Bley, Lajos Csordás, Miroslav Hroch, and Turgay Şeren. Among people deceased in 2022, Loretta Lynn ranks 252. Before her are Ian McDonald, Maarten Schmidt, Barbara Walters, Estelle Harris, Bob Rafelson, and Cristina Calderón. After her are Petar Skansi, Kenneth Welsh, Karl Vaino, Gregory Itzin, Karol Divín, and Pleun Strik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Loretta Lynn ranks 4,756 out of 20,380. Before her are Joe Haldeman (1943), Alice Paul (1885), Carol Burnett (1933), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Margaret Sullavan (1909), and Jim Courier (1970). After her are Kay Ivey (1944), Janet Asimov (1926), Betsy Blair (1923), Robert Barro (1944), Cheryl Ladd (1951), and Stanley Cavell (1926).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Loretta Lynn ranks 234. Before her are Adam Lambert (1982), Marilyn Horne (1934), Richard Carpenter (1946), Chip Taylor (1940), Randy Meisner (1946), and Vince Neil (1961). After her are Prodigy (1974), Carmen McRae (1922), Anita O'Day (1919), Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), Jackie Wilson (1934), and Johnny Nash (1940).

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