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Patty Smyth

1957 - Today

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Patricia Smyth (born June 26, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter. She first came into national attention with the rock band Scandal and went on to record and perform as a solo artist. Her distinctive voice and new wave image gained broad exposure through video recordings aired on cable music video channels such as MTV. Her debut solo album Never Enough was well received, and generated a pair of Top 100 hits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patty Smyth has received more than 4,479,943 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Patty Smyth is the 1,836th most popular singer (up from 1,947th in 2019), the 9,837th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,576th in 2019) and the 474th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Patty Smyth ranks 1,836 out of 4,381. Before her are LaVern Baker, Jonny Jakobsen, Magdalena Kožená, Eleonore Schwarz, Brad Delp, and Oleh Skrypka. After her are Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, Rick Ross, Ahlam, Dianne Reeves, Neal Morse, and Mika Nakashima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Patty Smyth ranks 441. Before her are Yoshio Kato, Bruno Delbonnel, Zhivko Gospodinov, Dawn French, Paul Steiner, and Johnny Lever. After her are Marino Lejarreta, Lilli Gruber, John Ribat, Arnoldo Iguarán, Jay Roach, and Jon Gries.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patty Smyth ranks 9,837 out of 20,380. Before her are Charles Stanton Ogle (1865), Thomas Starzl (1926), Paul Craig Roberts (1939), Laz Alonso (1974), Ian Wolfe (1896), and Frankie Genaro (1901). After her are Michael Trevino (1985), Van Williams (1934), Dave Chappelle (1973), John Kocinski (1968), Rick Ross (1976), and Rebecca Solnit (1961).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Patty Smyth ranks 474. Before her are Lawrence Tibbett (1896), Magic Sam (1937), Johnnie Ray (1927), Chris Fehn (1973), LaVern Baker (1929), and Brad Delp (1951). After her are Rick Ross (1976), Dianne Reeves (1956), Neal Morse (1960), Tim "Ripper" Owens (1967), Candi Staton (1940), and Hope Sandoval (1966).

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