MUSICIAN

Mary Wilson

1944 - 2021

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Mary Wilson (March 6, 1944 – February 8, 2021) was an American singer. She gained worldwide recognition as a founding member of the Supremes, the most successful Motown act of the 1960s and the best-charting female group in U.S. chart history, as well as one of the best-selling girl groups of all-time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Wilson has received more than 62,221 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Wilson is the 1,673rd most popular musician (down from 1,294th in 2019), the 8,384th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,403rd in 2019) and the 616th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 62k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mary Wilson ranks 1,673 out of 3,175Before her are Christopher Franke, Jake E. Lee, Jim Gordon, Steve Clark, Jānis Cimze, and William Primrose. After her are José Antonio Labordeta, John Michael Talbot, Vinnie Moore, Nick Jonas, Robert Del Naja, and Barbara Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Mary Wilson ranks 568Before her are Yuriy Istomin, Manfred Schmid, Mick Avory, Giorgi Sichinava, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, and Fannie Flagg. After her are Pierre Trentin, Earl Monroe, Barbara Thompson, Tore Berger, Per Ivar Moe, and Jan Johansen. Among people deceased in 2021, Mary Wilson ranks 481Before her are Mark Eaton, Larry McMurtry, Evgeny Sveshnikov, Antoninho, Fredi, and Raymond T. Odierno. After her are Romano Fogli, Giovanni Zucchi, Dani Shmulevich-Rom, Théoneste Bagosora, Franco Marini, and Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Wilson ranks 8,384 out of 20,380Before her are Henry Dreyfuss (1904), Barbara Bonney (1956), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), Gailard Sartain (1946), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), and Dominique Swain (1980). After her are Chris Paul (1985), Melissa Belote (1956), Anna Thomson (1953), June Lockhart (1925), Charlie Murphy (1959), and Martha Vickers (1925).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Mary Wilson ranks 616Before her are J. B. Lenoir (1929), Mia Zapata (1965), Brian Littrell (1975), Pepper Adams (1930), Jake E. Lee (1957), and Jim Gordon (1945). After her are John Michael Talbot (1954), Vinnie Moore (1964), Nick Jonas (1992), Marc Ribot (1954), Billy Strayhorn (1915), and Thurston Moore (1958).