1958 - 2016
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016), commonly known mononymously as Prince, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. The recipient of numerous awards and nominations, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of all-time. He was known for his flamboyant, androgynous persona; his wide vocal range, which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams; and his skill as a multi-instrumentalist, often preferring to play all or most of the instruments on his recordings. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince has received more than 2,750,827 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 91 in 2019). Prince is the 75th most popular singer (up from 86th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from United States (up from 592nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Singer.
Prince is most famous for his album "Purple Rain" and his song "When Doves Cry."
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Among singers, Prince ranks 75 out of 3,528. Before him are Diana Ross, Johnny Hallyday, Kate Bush, Marianne Faithfull, Karel Gott, and Glen Campbell. After him are Bonnie Tyler, Florence Foster Jenkins, Anna Magdalena Bach, Marie Fredriksson, Miriam Makeba, and Fairuz.
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 69
1943 - 2017
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 70
1958 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 71
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 72
1939 - 2019
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 73
1936 - 2017
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 74
1958 - 2016
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 75
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 76
1868 - 1944
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 77
1701 - 1760
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 78
1958 - 2019
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 79
1932 - 2008
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 80
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 81
Among people born in 1958, Prince ranks 15. Before him are Tim Burton, Gary Oldman, Viggo Mortensen, Sharon Stone, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Kate Bush. After him are Marie Fredriksson, Anna Politkovskaya, Tim Robbins, Jamie Lee Curtis, Keith Haring, and Mehmet Ali Ağca. Among people deceased in 2016, Prince ranks 26. Before him are Abbas Kiarostami, Carlos Alberto Torres, Jerome Bruner, João Havelange, Alvin Toffler, and Elie Wiesel. After him are Harper Lee, Pierre Boulez, John Glenn, Andrzej Żuławski, Carrie Fisher, and Nancy Reagan.
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 10
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 12
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 13
1958 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 14
1958 - 2016
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 15
1958 - 2019
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 16
1958 - 2006
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 17
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 18
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 19
1958 - 1990
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 20
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 21
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 20
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 21
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 22
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 23
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 24
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 25
1958 - 2016
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 26
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 27
1925 - 2016
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 28
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 29
1940 - 2016
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 30
1956 - 2016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 31
1921 - 2016
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 32
Among people born in United States, Prince ranks 490 out of 18,182. Before him are Chuck Jones (1912), Bernie Madoff (1938), Glen Campbell (1936), John Coltrane (1926), David Copperfield (1956), and Robert A. Heinlein (1907). After him are Crazy Horse (1840), Warren Beatty (1937), Ronald Wayne (1934), Lou Reed (1942), Kurt Vonnegut (1922), and John Huston (1906).
1912 - 2002
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 484
1938 - 2021
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 485
1936 - 2017
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 486
1926 - 1967
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 487
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 488
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 489
1958 - 2016
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 490
1840 - 1877
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 491
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 492
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 493
1942 - 2013
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 494
1922 - 2007
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 495
1906 - 1987
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 496
Among singers born in United States, Prince ranks 30. Before him are Sarah Vaughan (1924), Stevie Wonder (1950), Eminem (1972), The Notorious B.I.G. (1972), Diana Ross (1944), and Glen Campbell (1936). After him are Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), Steven Tyler (1948), Gwen Stefani (1969), Art Garfunkel (1941), Meat Loaf (1947), and Gloria Gaynor (1947).
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 24
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 25
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 26
1972 - 1997
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 27
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 28
1936 - 2017
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 29
1958 - 2016
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 30
1868 - 1944
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 31
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 32
1969 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 33
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 34
1947 - 2022
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 35
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 36