SINGER

Ronnie Spector

1943 - 2022

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Veronica Yvette Greenfield (née Bennett, formerly Spector; August 10, 1943 – January 12, 2022) was an American singer who co-founded and fronted the girl group the Ronettes. She is sometimes referred to as the original "bad girl of rock and roll".Ronnie formed the singing group with her older sister, Estelle Bennett, and their cousin, Nedra Talley, in the late 1950s. They were signed to Phil Spector's Philles label in 1963 and he produced the majority of their recording output. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronnie Spector has received more than 5,661,011 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ronnie Spector is the 730th most popular singer (down from 432nd in 2019), the 3,867th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,610th in 2019) and the 200th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ronnie Spectors by language

Over the past year Ronnie Spector has had the most page views in the with 827,939 views, followed by Spanish (35,749), and German (28,277). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (155.56%), Simple English (148.45%), and Cornish (133.33%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ronnie Spector ranks 730 out of 4,381. Before her are Angela Gheorghiu, Sena Jurinac, Kim Larsen, Alanis Morissette, Peter Steele, and Idir. After her are Pierre Gaveaux, Sheryl Crow, Kadim Al Sahir, Aaliyah, Izhar Cohen, and Floor Jansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ronnie Spector ranks 275. Before her are Laura Biagiotti, Michel Ocelot, António Simões, Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, Milan Nenadić, and Leo Kinnunen. After her are Charles P. Thacker, Robert Crumb, Antal Dunai, Gary Burton, Kirin Kiki, and Grover Washington Jr.. Among people deceased in 2022, Ronnie Spector ranks 198. Before her are Maurice Karnaugh, Antonios Naguib, Shahabuddin Ahmed, Akira Takarada, Gaspard Ulliel, and Valery Ryumin. After her are Edgar Savisaar, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Nick Bollettieri, Lando Buzzanca, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, and Éder Jofre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ronnie Spector ranks 3,867 out of 20,380. Before her are Baby Face Nelson (1908), Florence Harding (1860), Peter Steele (1962), Wayne Rainey (1960), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), and Sam Phillips (1923). After her are Jim Gray (1944), Kyra Sedgwick (1965), Timothy Dexter (1747), Michael McKean (1947), David Lewis (1941), and Charles Wilkes (1798).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Ronnie Spector ranks 200. Before her are Tracy Chapman (1964), Fergie (1975), SZA (1990), Gladys Knight (1944), Christopher Cross (1951), and Peter Steele (1962). After her are Sheryl Crow (1962), Aaliyah (1979), Billy Vaughn (1919), Mike Love (1941), Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944), and Patsy Cline (1932).

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