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Roberta Flack

1937 - 2025

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Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) was an American singer and pianist known for her emotive, genre-blending ballads that spanned R&B, jazz, folk, and pop and contributed to the birth of the quiet storm radio format. Her commercial success included the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", and "Feel Like Makin' Love". She became the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in consecutive years. Flack frequently collaborated with Donny Hathaway, with whom she recorded several hit duets, including "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberta Flack has received more than 5,267,902 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Roberta Flack is the 285th most popular singer (up from 341st in 2019), the 1,702nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,120th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Roberta Flack ranks 285 out of 4,381. Before her are Robbie Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, Laura Pausini, Stevie Nicks, Udo Dirkschneider, and Janet Jackson. After her are Neda Ukraden, Sonny Bono, Lisa, Sabah, Dave Gahan, and Loreen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Roberta Flack ranks 83. Before her are Thomas Nagel, Valentin Pavlov, Rubin Carter, Rafael Moneo, Jerry Reed, and Seymour Hersh. After her are Richard Møller Nielsen, Manuel Pinto da Costa, Naji al-Ali, Yoshirō Mori, Maryse Condé, and Cornelius A. Smith. Among people deceased in 2025, Roberta Flack ranks 19. Before her are Richard Chamberlain, Denis Law, Leo Beenhakker, Sofia Gubaidulina, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and Ágnes Keleti. After her are Joan Plowright, Khamtai Siphandon, Dražen Dalipagić, Costas Simitis, Oleg Gordievsky, and Geneviève Page.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roberta Flack ranks 1,702 out of 20,380. Before her are Tanya Roberts (1955), Christine Baranski (1952), Janet Jackson (1966), Elisabeth Shue (1963), Don DeLillo (1936), and James Earl Ray (1928). After her are Robin Hobb (1952), Benjamin Bloom (1913), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Cardi B (1992), Abigail Adams (1744), and Lisa Ann (1972).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Roberta Flack ranks 90. Before her are Chris Cornell (1964), Beyoncé (1981), Mariah Carey (1969), Busta Rhymes (1972), Stevie Nicks (1948), and Janet Jackson (1966). After her are Sonny Bono (1935), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), John Fogerty (1945), Coolio (1963), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), and Cab Calloway (1907).

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