1967 - Today
Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is credited with prolific commercial success in R&B, hip hop, and pop music recordings, earning nicknames such as "the King of R&B", "the King of Pop-Soul", and "the Pied Piper of R&B". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. Kelly has received more than 29,872,242 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). R. Kelly is the 280th most popular singer (up from 338th in 2019), the 1,816th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,163rd in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, R. Kelly ranks 280 out of 3,528. Before him are Sammy Davis Jr., Tim Staffell, Stevie Nicks, Peter Green, Jussi Björling, and Umberto Tozzi. After him are Serge Reggiani, Fancy, Bülent Ersoy, Rita Pavone, Viktor Tsoi, and Eartha Kitt.
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 274
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 275
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 276
1946 - 2020
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 277
1911 - 1960
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 278
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 279
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 280
1922 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 281
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 282
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 283
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 284
1962 - 1990
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 285
1927 - 2008
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 286
Among people born in 1967, R. Kelly ranks 31. Before him are Massimiliano Allegri, Boris Becker, Sung Jae-gi, Laura Dern, Anna Nicole Smith, and Aleksander Čeferin. After him are Guy Pearce, Iván Zamorano, Matthias Sammer, Jamie Foxx, Magdalena Andersson, and Mino Raiola.
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 25
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 26
1967 - 2013
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 27
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 28
1967 - 2007
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 29
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 30
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 31
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 32
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 33
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 34
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 35
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 36
1967 - 2022
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 37
Among people born in United States, R. Kelly ranks 1,816 out of 18,182. Before him are Stephen Sondheim (1930), Isaac Hayes (1942), Don Rosa (1951), Martin Rodbell (1925), Lucy Liu (1968), and Fred Phelps (1929). After him are Joe Mantegna (1947), Henry Bergman (1868), Paul Desmond (1924), Clement Greenberg (1909), David Schwimmer (1966), and Mark Blum (1950).
1930 - 2021
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,810
1942 - 2008
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,811
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,812
1925 - 1998
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,813
1968 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,814
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 1,815
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 1,816
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 1,817
1868 - 1946
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 1,818
1924 - 1977
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 1,819
1909 - 1994
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,820
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,821
1950 - 2020
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,822
Among singers born in United States, R. Kelly ranks 89. Before him are Jessye Norman (1945), Mahalia Jackson (1911), Cab Calloway (1907), Axl Rose (1962), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), and Stevie Nicks (1948). After him are Eartha Kitt (1927), Bill Withers (1938), Solomon Burke (1936), Gene Vincent (1935), Dusty Hill (1949), and George Strait (1952).
1945 - 2019
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 83
1911 - 1972
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 84
1907 - 1994
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 85
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 86
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 87
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 88
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 89
1927 - 2008
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 90
1938 - 2020
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 91
1936 - 2010
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 92
1935 - 1971
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 93
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 94
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 95