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Melanie Thornton

1967 - 2001

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Melanie Janene Thornton (May 13, 1967 – November 24, 2001) was an American pop and dance music singer. She was the lead singer of the Eurodance group La Bouche from 1994 to 2000, alongside American rapper and backing vocalist Lane McCray. Their two most successful singles, "Sweet Dreams" and "Be My Lover", were released in 1994 and 1995 respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melanie Thornton has received more than 1,147,937 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Melanie Thornton is the 834th most popular singer (down from 813th in 2019), the 4,392nd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,572nd in 2019) and the 224th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Melanie Thornton ranks 834 out of 4,381. Before her are Aaron Kwok, Peter Frampton, Severina, Andreas Vollenweider, B. J. Thomas, and Francesca Cuzzoni. After her are Camillo Felgen, Liam Payne, Carola Häggkvist, Cat Power, Inger Jacobsen, and Max Lorenz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Melanie Thornton ranks 118. Before her are Yordan Letchkov, Sue Gardner, Chris Benoit, Layne Staley, Michael Johnson, and Ardem Patapoutian. After her are Olafur Eliasson, Steve Zahn, Jonathan Littell, Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Ciro Ferrara, and Takehito Koyasu. Among people deceased in 2001, Melanie Thornton ranks 145. Before her are J. J. Johnson, Victor Wong, Viktor Astafyev, Javier Urruticoechea, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, and Ray Walston. After her are Phoolan Devi, Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia, Berry Berenson, Paul Magloire, Stelios Kazantzidis, and Salahuddin of Selangor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melanie Thornton ranks 4,392 out of 20,380. Before her are Lena Horne (1917), B. J. Thomas (1942), Colm Feore (1958), Amy Madigan (1950), Antonio Fargas (1946), and Arthur L. Newton (1883). After her are Clark Terry (1920), Marion Ross (1928), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Susan Strasberg (1938), Mickey Mantle (1931), and Dorothy Arzner (1897).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Melanie Thornton ranks 224. Before her are Little Walter (1930), Afrika Bambaataa (1957), Mort Shuman (1938), Lobo (1943), Signe Toly Anderson (1941), and B. J. Thomas (1942). After her are Cat Power (1972), Shirley Horn (1934), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), Bobby Vinton (1935), Adam Lambert (1982), and Marilyn Horne (1934).

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