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Nina Simone

1933 - 2003

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Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) () was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. In 2023 Rolling Stone ranked Simone at No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nina Simone has received more than 13,210,476 page views. Her biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Nina Simone is the 44th most popular singer (down from 39th in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from United States (down from 248th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Singer.

Nina Simone was a singer and songwriter from North Carolina who became famous for her jazz and blues music. She is most famous for her song "I Put a Spell on You."

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  • 13M

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  • 69.98

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  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Nina Simone ranks 44 out of 3,528Before her are Nico, Amanda Lear, Andrea Bocelli, Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Dassin, and Mireille Mathieu. After her are Toto Cutugno, Albano Carrisi, Constanze Mozart, Billie Holiday, Joe Cocker, and José Carreras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Nina Simone ranks 13Before her are Montserrat Caballé, Michael Caine, Yoko Ono, Charles K. Kao, James Brown, and Francisco Gento. After her are Amartya Sen, Claudio Abbado, Abolhassan Banisadr, Tinto Brass, Philip Roth, and Jalal Talabani. Among people deceased in 2003, Nina Simone ranks 12Before her are Gregory Peck, Robert K. Merton, Alija Izetbegović, Heydar Aliyev, Barry White, and Maurice Gibb. After her are Edward Teller, Ilya Prigogine, Edward Said, Soong Mei-ling, Robert Kardashian, and Otto Günsche.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nina Simone ranks 260 out of 18,182Before her are Rocky Marciano (1923), Ray Kroc (1902), George Westinghouse (1846), Oliver Hardy (1892), Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), and John Dillinger (1903). After her are Christopher Lloyd (1938), Mary Cassatt (1844), B.B. King (1925), Robert Peary (1856), Margaret Mitchell (1900), and Leonard Bernstein (1918).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Nina Simone ranks 18Before her are Johnny Cash (1932), Whitney Houston (1963), Barry White (1944), James Brown (1933), Patti Smith (1946), and Joe Dassin (1938). After her are Billie Holiday (1915), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), 50 Cent (1975), Jennifer Lopez (1969), Kurt Cobain (1967), and Sarah Vaughan (1924).

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