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Paula Cole

1968 - Today

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Paula Dorothy Cole (born April 5, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter and producer. After gaining attention for her performances as a vocalist on Peter Gabriel's 1993–1994 Secret World Tour, she released her first album, Harbinger, which suffered from a lack of promotion when the label, Imago Records, folded shortly after its release. Her second album, This Fire (1996), brought her worldwide acclaim, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard 200 album chart and producing two hit singles, the triple-Grammy nominated "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?", which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and "I Don't Want to Wait", which was used as the theme song of the television show Dawson's Creek. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paula Cole has received more than 1,816,834 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Paula Cole is the 2,264th most popular singer (up from 2,399th in 2019), the 12,178th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,796th in 2019) and the 613th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Paula Cole ranks 2,264 out of 4,381. Before her are John Waite, Alan Merrill, Tijana Dapčević, Mildred Bailey, Heather Nova, and Aram Mp3. After her are Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Shin Seung-hun, Kangin, Calogero, Andrea, and Rosanne Cash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Paula Cole ranks 457. Before her are James Allison, Dragan Škrbić, Michael Romeo, Ioan Sabău, Conrad Vernon, and Michael Herbig. After her are Fatou Diome, Jon Drummond, Alan Budikusuma, Ha Seok-ju, Bui Simon, and Cătălin Predoiu.

Others Born in 1968

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paula Cole ranks 12,178 out of 20,380. Before her are Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872), Aunjanue Ellis (1969), Benny Brown (1953), Kim Thayil (1960), Beverly Cleary (1916), and Patty McCormack (1945). After her are John Shelby Spong (1931), Rusty Wailes (1926), Michele Bachmann (1956), James van Hoften (1944), William Gilmore (1895), and Willa Fitzgerald (1991).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Paula Cole ranks 613. Before her are Fred Neil (1936), Bobby Rydell (1942), Taylor Dayne (1962), Black Francis (1965), Alan Merrill (1951), and Mildred Bailey (1907). After her are Rosanne Cash (1955), P. P. Arnold (1946), Jimmy Dean (1928), Charley Pride (1934), Tony Orlando (1944), and Jeremy Camp (1978).

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