SINGER

Sarah Vaughan

1924 - 1990

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Sarah Lois Vaughan (, March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarah Vaughan has received more than 2,140,949 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Vaughan is the 68th most popular singer (down from 58th in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from United States (down from 389th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Singer.

Sarah Vaughan is most famous for her jazz vocal style and for being the first African-American woman to sing with a major symphony orchestra.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sarah Vaughan ranks 68 out of 4,381. Before her are George Michael, Marianne Faithfull, Kurt Cobain, Anthony Kiedis, Rod Stewart, and Florence Foster Jenkins. After her are Carlos Gardel, Billie Holiday, Prince, Amália Rodrigues, Ian Gillan, and Bonnie Tyler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Sarah Vaughan ranks 11. Before her are Marcello Mastroianni, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Kim Dae-jung, Robert Mugabe, Eli Cohen, and Süleyman Demirel. After her are Jean-François Lyotard, Ezer Weizman, Jacques Le Goff, Benoit Mandelbrot, Lauren Bacall, and Sergei Parajanov. Among people deceased in 1990, Sarah Vaughan ranks 12. Before her are Louis Althusser, Alberto Moravia, Ava Gardner, B. F. Skinner, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, and Paulette Goddard. After her are Norbert Elias, Lê Đức Thọ, Sergei Parajanov, Pavel Cherenkov, Yun Posun, and Miguel Muñoz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Vaughan ranks 405 out of 20,380. Before her are Dean Martin (1917), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Sarah Palin (1964), James Hong (1929), Man Ray (1890), and Florence Foster Jenkins (1868). After her are Philip Roth (1933), Billie Holiday (1915), Frank Herbert (1920), Prince (1958), Jack Ruby (1911), and Paul Tibbets (1915).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Sarah Vaughan ranks 29. Before her are Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Jennifer Lopez (1969), Harry Nilsson (1941), Kurt Cobain (1967), Anthony Kiedis (1962), and Florence Foster Jenkins (1868). After her are Billie Holiday (1915), Prince (1958), The Notorious B.I.G. (1972), Diana Ross (1944), Gwen Stefani (1969), and Donna Summer (1948).

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