SINGER

Whitney Houston

1963 - 2012

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Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, and film producer. Known as “the Voice”, she is one of the most awarded entertainers and one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of over 220 million records worldwide. Her crossover appeal on popular music charts as well as her performances influenced the breaking down of gender and racial barriers in popular culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Whitney Houston has received more than 41,253,643 page views. Her biography is available in 119 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 116 in 2019). Whitney Houston is the 30th most popular singer (up from 31st in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from United States (down from 193rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Singer.

Whitney Houston is most famous for her chart-topping hits like "I Will Always Love You" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody." She was also a movie star, appearing in films like The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale.

Memorability Metrics

  • 41M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 119

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Whitney Houston ranks 30 out of 4,381. Before her are Montserrat Caballé, Umm Kulthum, Brian Johnson, Farinelli, Serge Gainsbourg, and Cesária Évora. After her are Johnny Cash, Celine Dion, Mireille Mathieu, Nana Mouskouri, Nico, and Barry White.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Whitney Houston ranks 4. Before her are Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, and José Mourinho. After her are Quentin Tarantino, Jet Li, Michael Jordan, Viktor Orbán, George Michael, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Garry Kasparov, and Till Lindemann. Among people deceased in 2012, Whitney Houston ranks 6. Before her are Neil Armstrong, Oscar Niemeyer, Norodom Sihanouk, Wisława Szymborska, and Ray Bradbury. After her are Yitzhak Shamir, Griselda Blanco, Ahmed Ben Bella, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Tony Scott, and Michael Clarke Duncan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whitney Houston ranks 200 out of 20,380. Before her are Mel Gibson (1956), George Lucas (1944), Brigham Young (1801), Jon Voight (1938), Ben Affleck (1972), and Samuel P. Huntington (1927). After her are Herman Melville (1819), Buster Keaton (1895), Johnny Cash (1932), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), Steve McQueen (1930), and Thomas Kuhn (1922).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Whitney Houston ranks 12. Before her are Tina Turner (1939), Frank Sinatra (1915), Jim Morrison (1943), Joan Baez (1941), Tupac Shakur (1971), and Patti Smith (1946). After her are Johnny Cash (1932), Barry White (1944), Barbra Streisand (1942), James Brown (1933), 50 Cent (1975), and Joe Dassin (1938).

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