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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 1,077,877 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Melanie Thornton is the 816th most popular singer (down from 731st in 2019), the 4,584th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,115th in 2019) and the 230th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Melanie Thornton ranks 816 out of 3,528. Before her are Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jonas Kaufmann, Billy Paul, Licia Albanese, Hugues Aufray, and Walter Berry. After her are Guy Béart, Solange Berry, Blondel de Nesle, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Camillo Felgen, and Katja Ebstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Melanie Thornton ranks 117. Before her are Satya Nadella, Luis Abinader, Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Ai Yazawa, Yordan Letchkov, and Thomas Muster. After her are Megumi Hayashibara, Jonathan Littell, Layne Staley, Zakk Wylde, Ciro Ferrara, and Maher al-Assad. Among people deceased in 2001, Melanie Thornton ranks 149. Before her are David Kipiani, Beatrice Straight, J. J. Johnson, Joe Henderson, Troy Donahue, and Dorothy McGuire. After her are Adhemar da Silva, Ninette de Valois, Herbert Ross, Ray Walston, Anne Haney, and Micheline Ostermeyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melanie Thornton ranks 4,584 out of 18,182. Before her are Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), James Russo (1953), Frank Gorshin (1933), Rick James (1948), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (1984), and Teri Garr (1944). After her are Johnny Hayes (1886), Maureen Connolly (1934), Virginia Mayo (1920), Ed Roberts (1941), Robert Axelrod (1943), and Rob Zombie (1965).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Melanie Thornton ranks 230. Before her are Ronnie Van Zant (1948), Jackie Wilson (1934), Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893), MC Hammer (1962), Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), and Billy Paul (1934). After her are Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), Eric Johnson (1954), Patti LaBelle (1944), Jim Reeves (1923), Val Valentino (1956), and Marilyn Horne (1934).

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