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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, 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 8,365,998 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Tammy Wynette is the 953rd most popular singer (up from 961st in 2019), the 5,215th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,427th in 2019) and the 271st most popular American Singer.

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  • 8.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Tammy Wynette ranks 953 out of 3,528Before her are Viktor Lazlo, Paul Weller, Elly Ameling, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Paul Potts, and Ice MC. After her are Ted Neeley, Juan Pons, Francesco Tamagno, Mísia, Roland Orzabal, and Nora Brockstedt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Tammy Wynette ranks 362Before her are Rita Tushingham, Flora Purim, Marco Rota, Joaquim Rifé, Bernd Kannenberg, and Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini. After her are Michael Eisner, Mike Resnick, Gualtiero Bassetti, Vyacheslav Zudov, Béla Károlyi, and Beverly Aadland. Among people deceased in 1998, Tammy Wynette ranks 162Before her are Maurice Schumann, Julio César Britos, Leo Penn, Enoch Powell, Nicolas Bouvier, and Zezé Moreira. After her are Odette Bancilhon, Théodore Sindikubwabo, Nicholas Kurti, Aisha Abd al-Rahman, Helen Wills, and Laila Schou Nilsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tammy Wynette ranks 5,215 out of 18,182Before her are Adriana Caselotti (1916), Seka (1954), Samantha Smith (1972), Melina Kanakaredes (1967), Paul Adelstein (1969), and Roscoe Tanner (1951). After her are Nathan Lane (1956), Ted Neeley (1943), Frank Churchill (1901), Nathanael West (1903), Robert Taylor (1932), and Barnum Brown (1873).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Tammy Wynette ranks 271Before her are Leland Sklar (1947), Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Phil Anselmo (1968), Donny Hathaway (1945), and Rita Coolidge (1945). After her are Ted Neeley (1943), Carmen McRae (1922), Mark Tornillo (1954), Little Walter (1930), Hoagy Carmichael (1899), and Mississippi John Hurt (1892).