SINGER

Whitney Houston

1963 - 2012

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Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. She was certified as the most awarded female artist of all time by Guinness World Records and is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston released seven studio albums and two soundtrack albums, all of which have been certified diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Whitney Houston has received more than 20,658,387 page views. Her biography is available in 115 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 113 in 2019). Whitney Houston is the 32nd most popular singer (up from 36th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from United States (up from 228th in 2019) and the 14th 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

  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 115

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Whitney Houston ranks 32 out of 3,541. Before her are Patti Smith, Cesária Évora, Mick Jagger, Umm Kulthum, Nana Mouskouri, and Brian Johnson. After her are Aretha Franklin, Serge Gainsbourg, Barry White, Nico, Andrea Bocelli, and Jacques Brel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Whitney Houston ranks 4. Before her are Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, and Quentin Tarantino. After her are Michael Jordan, Jet Li, Ronald Koeman, José Mourinho, George Michael, Viktor Orbán, Garry Kasparov, and Till Lindemann. Among people deceased in 2012, Whitney Houston ranks 6. Before her are Neil Armstrong, Ray Bradbury, Oscar Niemeyer, Norodom Sihanouk, and Wisława Szymborska. After her are Jon Lord, Eric Hobsbawm, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Ahmed Ben Bella, Yitzhak Shamir, and Theo Angelopoulos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whitney Houston ranks 217 out of 15,968. Before her are Philip K. Dick (1928), Richard Gere (1949), Gary Cooper (1901), Rocky Marciano (1923), Christopher Lloyd (1938), and Herbert Hoover (1874). After her are George Westinghouse (1846), John Jay (1745), Mel Gibson (1956), Aretha Franklin (1942), Brigham Young (1801), and Tony Curtis (1925).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Whitney Houston ranks 14. Before her are Joan Baez (1941), Jim Morrison (1943), Tupac Shakur (1971), James Brown (1933), Barbra Streisand (1942), and Patti Smith (1946). After her are Aretha Franklin (1942), Barry White (1944), Nina Simone (1933), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Eminem (1972), and Stevie Wonder (1950).

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