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Millie Small

1947 - 2020

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Millicent Dolly May Small CD (6 October 1947 – 5 May 2020) was a Jamaican singer who is best known for her international hit "My Boy Lollipop" (1964). The song reached number two in both the UK and US charts and sold over seven million copies worldwide. It was also the first major hit for Island Records and helped to achieve the label its mainstream success. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Millie Small has received more than 823,910 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Millie Small is the 2,015th most popular singer (down from 1,884th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 56th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Jamaican Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 820k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Millie Small ranks 2,015 out of 4,381. Before her are Taisia Povaliy, Jackson C. Frank, Harry Chapin, Paul Harrington, Emma Marrone, and Lena Philipsson. After her are Sergey Lazarev, Lewis Capaldi, Graham Parker, Kim Junsu, Sonique, and MC Solaar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Millie Small ranks 744. Before her are Oswaldo Ramírez, Francisco Álvarez-Cascos, Hugh N. Kennedy, Boris Gulko, George Alec Effinger, and Wilton Daniel Gregory. After her are Yulia Ryabchinskaya, Arthur Schnabel, Theodore Katsanevas, Ron Freeman, Gilles Duceppe, and Yehude Simon. Among people deceased in 2020, Millie Small ranks 671. Before her are Dawn Wells, Rudi Hoffmann, John Prine, Vidin Apostolov, Bryan Sykes, and Owen Arthur. After her are Michael Wheeler, Clayton Christensen, Antonina Ryzhova, Stephen Tataw, John Houghton, and Arturo Chaires.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Millie Small ranks 62 out of 189. Before her are Damian Marley (1978), Augustus Pablo (1954), Shawn Rhoden (1975), Alton Ellis (1938), Kenneth O. Hall (1941), and Herb McKenley (1922). After her are Andrew Holness (1972), Coxsone Dodd (1932), Linford Christie (1960), Donovan Bailey (1967), Nesta Carter (1985), and John Holt (1947).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Millie Small ranks 15. Before her are Carl Douglas (1942), Errol Brown (1948), Gregory Isaacs (1951), Yellowman (1956), Jacob Miller (1952), and Alton Ellis (1938). After her are Ini Kamoze (1957), Capleton (1967), Dennis Brown (1957), Ky-Mani Marley (1976), Sizzla (1976), and Heavy D (1967).

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