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Sarah Brightman

1960 - Today

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Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano singer and actress. Brightman began her career as a member of the dance troupe Hot Gossip and released several disco singles as a solo performer. In 1981, she made her West End musical theatre debut in Cats and met composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom she later married. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarah Brightman has received more than 5,595,728 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Brightman is the 326th most popular singer (down from 214th in 2019), the 1,176th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 919th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Singer.

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  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sarah Brightman ranks 326 out of 4,381Before her are Carole King, Googoosh, Rod Evans, Jimmy Cliff, Karen Carpenter, and Peter Green. After her are Youssou N'Dour, Hank Williams, Marc Bolan, Đorđe Balašević, Loalwa Braz, and Alpha Blondy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Sarah Brightman ranks 64Before her are John Galliano, Hideaki Anno, Walter Zenga, Jonas Gahr Støre, Jeremy Clarkson, and Brian Cowen. After her are Hirohiko Araki, Barham Salih, Daryl Hannah, José Maria Neves, Željko Obradović, and Fayez al-Sarraj.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sarah Brightman ranks 1,176 out of 8,785Before her are Stephen Harding (1059), Clive Granger (1934), John Charles (1931), Peter Green (1946), Robert Hardy (1925), and Glenda Jackson (1936). After her are J. B. S. Haldane (1892), Stephen Fry (1957), Marc Bolan (1947), John Gay (1685), William Sturgeon (1783), and Emily Blunt (1983).

Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Sarah Brightman ranks 35Before her are Victoria Beckham (1974), Glenn Hughes (1951), Robbie Williams (1974), Dave Gahan (1962), Rod Evans (1947), and Peter Green (1946). After her are Marc Bolan (1947), Black (1962), Dave Evans (1953), Susan Boyle (1961), Dusty Springfield (1939), and Jon Anderson (1944).