SINGER

Tammy Wynette

1942 - 1998

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Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter, considered among the genre's most influential and successful artists. Along with Loretta Lynn, Wynette helped bring a woman's perspective to the male-dominated country music field that helped other women find representation in the genre. Her characteristic vocal delivery has been acclaimed by critics, journalists and writers for conveying unique emotion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tammy Wynette has received more than 8,744,420 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Tammy Wynette is the 1,068th most popular singer (down from 949th in 2019), the 5,530th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,203rd in 2019) and the 275th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Tammy Wynette ranks 1,068 out of 4,381. Before her are Virginia E. Johnson, Désirée Artôt, Marion Rung, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Keith Urban, and Donny Hathaway. After her are Leland Sklar, Cedella Booker, Natacha Atlas, Andy Bell, Seiko Matsuda, and Claudia Muzio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Tammy Wynette ranks 370. Before her are Norberto Rivera Carrera, Juan Carlos Sarnari, Rosa von Praunheim, Paula Kelly, Gregorio Rosa Chávez, and Vinicio Cerezo. After her are Vladimir Kovalyonok, Paul Butterfield, David Proval, Juan Diego, Erica Jong, and Bernd Kannenberg. Among people deceased in 1998, Tammy Wynette ranks 187. Before her are Jon Postel, Zezé Moreira, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, António Ribeiro, Enoch Powell, and Kim Ki-young. After her are Nicolas Bouvier, Wanda Jakubowska, Pruden, Jean Shiley, Marion Donovan, and Héctor Vilches.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tammy Wynette ranks 5,530 out of 20,380. Before her are Frank Thomas (1912), Peggy Whitson (1960), Raoul Trujillo (1955), Leigh Brackett (1915), Louise Erdrich (1954), and Wallace Clement Sabine (1868). After her are Billy Cox (1939), Sonny Barger (1938), Lee Falk (1911), Garry Shandling (1949), Paget Brewster (1969), and Leland Sklar (1947).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Tammy Wynette ranks 275. Before her are Bill Medley (1940), Vanilla Ice (1967), Demi Lovato (1992), Adrian Belew (1949), Virginia E. Johnson (1925), and Donny Hathaway (1945). After her are Leland Sklar (1947), Lou Gramm (1950), Luther Vandross (1951), Merle Haggard (1937), Bobby Bland (1930), and Jim Reeves (1923).

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