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Sharon Jones

1956 - 2016

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Sharon Lafaye Jones (May 4, 1956 – November 18, 2016) was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Jones experienced breakthrough success relatively late in life, releasing her first record when she was 40 years old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sharon Jones has received more than 592,348 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Sharon Jones is the 1,902nd most popular singer (down from 1,772nd in 2019), the 10,303rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,801st in 2019) and the 531st most popular American Singer.

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  • 590k

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  • 40.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sharon Jones ranks 1,902 out of 3,528Before her are Demet Akalın, Pierre Rapsat, Boris Novković, Sayan Sanya, Frankie Lymon, and Nadezhda Kadysheva. After her are Alan Merrill, Alexander Bashlachev, Iggy Azalea, Kristina Orbakaitė, Bryn Terfel, and Charlie Dominici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Sharon Jones ranks 453Before her are Maxime Verhagen, Greg Phillinganes, Marianne Thyssen, Jacek Wszoła, Rebecca Harms, and Eduard Nalbandyan. After her are Audrey Landers, Nicolas Tiangaye, Emmanuel Kundé, Pierre Pincemaille, José Vicente Sánchez, and Sinbad. Among people deceased in 2016, Sharon Jones ranks 460Before her are Tammy Grimes, Joseph Mascolo, François Dupeyron, Nancy Mackay, Medea Jugeli, and Donald Henderson. After her are Sándor Csoóri, Velimir Sombolac, Donald E. Williams, Gardnar Mulloy, Gloria DeHaven, and Tommy Kono.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sharon Jones ranks 10,303 out of 18,182Before her are George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), Michael Romeo (1968), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Frankie Lymon (1942), Len Wein (1948), and Armand Duplantis (1999). After her are Katherine Tai (1974), Edward Egan (1932), J. B. Smoove (1965), John O'Connor (1920), Irving Jaffee (1906), and Nathaniel Cartmell (1883).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Sharon Jones ranks 531Before her are Blake Shelton (1976), Doja Cat (1995), Keely Smith (1928), Ja Rule (1976), Nichkhun (1988), and Frankie Lymon (1942). After her are Alan Merrill (1951), Charlie Dominici (1951), Andrew Wood (1966), Michael W. Smith (1957), Bebel Gilberto (1966), and Josh Groban (1981).

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