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Nina Simone

1933 - 2003

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Nina Simone ( NEE-nə sim-OHN; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nina Simone has received more than 14,016,317 page views. Her biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia. Nina Simone is the 51st most popular singer (down from 44th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from United States (down from 260th in 2019) and the 20th 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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  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Nina Simone ranks 51 out of 4,381. Before her are Agnetha Fältskog, Jacques Brel, Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Dassin, Lisa Marie Presley, and Andrea Bocelli. After her are Stevie Wonder, Eminem, Phil Collins, José Carreras, Víctor Jara, and Ella Fitzgerald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Nina Simone ranks 17. Before her are Tinto Brass, Claudio Abbado, Jalal Talabani, James Brown, Just Fontaine, and Corazon Aquino. After her are Amartya Sen, Heinrich Rohrer, Philip Roth, Susan Sontag, Mako, and Elinor Ostrom. Among people deceased in 2003, Nina Simone ranks 14. Before her are Alija Izetbegović, Gregory Peck, Johnny Cash, Barry White, Maurice Gibb, and Ilya Prigogine. After her are Soong Mei-ling, Edward Said, Alan Bates, Elia Kazan, Leopoldo Galtieri, and Robert Kardashian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nina Simone ranks 314 out of 20,380. Before her are Billy the Kid (1859), B.B. King (1925), Norbert Wiener (1894), Eli Whitney (1765), Rita Hayworth (1918), and J. Edgar Hoover (1895). After her are J. P. Morgan (1837), Claude Shannon (1916), James Buchanan (1791), Grover Cleveland (1837), Paul Samuelson (1915), and George Westinghouse (1846).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Nina Simone ranks 20. Before her are Barry White (1944), Barbra Streisand (1942), James Brown (1933), 50 Cent (1975), Joe Dassin (1938), and Lisa Marie Presley (1968). After her are Stevie Wonder (1950), Eminem (1972), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Jennifer Lopez (1969), Harry Nilsson (1941), and Kurt Cobain (1967).

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