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Percy Sledge

1941 - 2015

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Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Percy Sledge has received more than 1,290,138 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 41 in 2019). Percy Sledge is the 645th most popular singer (down from 399th in 2019), the 3,456th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,463rd in 2019) and the 180th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Percy Sledge ranks 645 out of 4,381. Before him are Graham Nash, Jay-Z, Daddy Yankee, Fiorenza Cossotto, Andrea True, and Šaban Bajramović. After him are Mongo Santamaría, Gino Paoli, Marianna Martines, Big Mama Thornton, Roberto Alagna, and Rocío Jurado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Percy Sledge ranks 214. Before him are Ken Saro-Wiwa, Wilson Pickett, Denys Arcand, Robert D. Putnam, Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, and Walid Muallem. After him are Sonny Landham, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Leonid Kizim, Jiří Raška, Miriam Margolyes, and Helen Reddy. Among people deceased in 2015, Percy Sledge ranks 145. Before him are Robert Conquest, Valentin Rasputin, Douglas Tompkins, Franco Interlenghi, Dick Nanninga, and Moses Malone. After him are André Glucksmann, Johanna Quandt, Mile Mrkšić, Geoffrey Lewis, Erik De Vlaeminck, and Wim Ruska.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Percy Sledge ranks 3,456 out of 20,380. Before him are Benny Golson (1929), Bonnie Aarons (1979), Madeleine Astor (1893), Don Alden Adams (1925), Scott Bakula (1954), and Brian Kobilka (1955). After him are Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Stephen Curry (1988), Alexander Cartwright (1820), Gig Young (1913), Martin Ritt (1914), and Sonny Landham (1941).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Percy Sledge ranks 180. Before him are Patti Page (1927), Pink (1979), Pharrell Williams (1973), Bobby Brown (1969), Jay-Z (1969), and Andrea True (1943). After him are Big Mama Thornton (1926), Del Shannon (1934), Al Green (1946), Barbara Hendricks (1948), Rosemary Clooney (1928), and Pat Boone (1934).

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