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Melissa Etheridge

1961 - Today

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Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. Her self-titled debut album Melissa Etheridge was released in 1988 and became an underground success. The album peaked at No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melissa Etheridge has received more than 2,760,822 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Melissa Etheridge is the 619th most popular singer (up from 721st in 2019), the 3,537th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,868th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular American Singer.

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  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Melissa Etheridge ranks 619 out of 3,541. Before her are Alanis Morissette, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Lill Lindfors, Neil Tennant, Đorđe Balašević, and Sertab Erener. After her are Agathonas Iakovidis, Ian Dury, Idir, Genesis P-Orridge, Renate Müller, and Philipp Kirkorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Melissa Etheridge ranks 86. Before her are Tom Araya, Ralph Macchio, Jacky Cheung, Bernard Werber, Guido Westerwelle, and Frans Timmermans. After her are Christopher Atkins, Tony Rominger, Jonas Jonasson, Christopher Meloni, Joseph Kony, and Liam Cunningham.

Others Born in 1961

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melissa Etheridge ranks 3,537 out of 15,968. Before her are Marlon Wayans (1972), Wesley Clark (1944), Paul Guilfoyle (1949), Pete Rademacher (1928), Gina Gershon (1962), and John Petrucci (1967). After her are Margaret Sullavan (1909), Clarence Clemons (1942), Robert David Hall (1947), Anthony Franciosa (1928), Annie Sprinkle (1954), and Jim Abrahams (1944).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Melissa Etheridge ranks 182. Before her are Barbara Hendricks (1948), Sheryl Crow (1962), Chip Taylor (1940), Christopher Cross (1951), Al Green (1946), and Patti Page (1927). After her are Akon (1973), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), Bobby Brown (1969), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), and Virginia E. Johnson (1925).

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