SINGER

Marian Anderson

1897 - 1993

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Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marian Anderson has received more than 2,232,665 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Marian Anderson is the 462nd most popular singer (up from 574th in 2019), the 2,649th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,298th in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Marian Anderson ranks 462 out of 4,381. Before her are Marc Anthony, Lill-Babs, Héctor Lavoe, Patricia Kaas, Kim Seok-jin, and Sharon den Adel. After her are Giulia Grisi, RM, Line Renaud, King Diamond, Michel Sardou, and Lasse Berghagen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Marian Anderson ranks 111. Before her are Joseph Darnand, Karol Świerczewski, Edmund Heines, Georgy Shpagin, Michael Lippert, and Fazlollah Zahedi. After her are Bernard Lyot, Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, J. P. Guilford, Husni al-Za'im, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, and Eddie Eagan. Among people deceased in 1993, Marian Anderson ranks 81. Before her are Maurice Yaméogo, Ishirō Honda, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Matthew Ridgway, Héctor Lavoe, and Godfrey Chitalu. After her are Monte Melkonian, Wolfgang Lotz, René Pleven, József Antall, E. P. Thompson, and Shovkat Alakbarova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marian Anderson ranks 2,649 out of 20,380. Before her are Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), Nick Holonyak (1928), Charles Martin Hall (1863), Daniel Davis (1945), Linda Gray (1940), and G. W. Bailey (1944). After her are J. J. Abrams (1966), Kamehameha III (1814), Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Jane Alexander (1939), Monte Melkonian (1957), and John Basilone (1916).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Marian Anderson ranks 140. Before her are Nile Rodgers (1952), Eddie Money (1949), Neil Sedaka (1939), Dusty Hill (1949), KRS-One (1965), and Marc Anthony (1968). After her are Waylon Jennings (1937), Kevin Federline (1978), Katy Perry (1984), R. Kelly (1967), Miley Cyrus (1992), and Melanie (1947).

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