SINGER

Yao Lee

1922 - 2019

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Yao Lee (Chinese: 姚莉; 10 September 1922 – 19 July 2019), also credited as Yao Li, Yiu Lei and Hue Lee, was a Chinese singer active from the 1930s to the 1970s. She was the sister of Yao Min, also a famous singer and songwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yao Lee has received more than 102,822 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yao Lee is the 1,289th most popular singer (down from 1,192nd in 2019), the 894th most popular biography from China (down from 825th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Yao Lee ranks 1,289 out of 4,381Before her are Cheo Feliciano, Dan Reynolds, Salvador Sobral, Seo In-guk, Kathleen Battle, and Zack de la Rocha. After her are Sandy Denny, Elisabeth Andreassen, Jahn Teigen, Simone de Oliveira, Yasmin Levy, and Leonie Rysanek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Yao Lee ranks 294Before her are Natalya Meklin, Rui Campos, Sid Caesar, Blaga Aleksova, Stanislav Rostotsky, and Rory Calhoun. After her are Dora Doll, Aldo Ballarin, René Bader, José Juncosa, Frédéric Rossif, and Frances Spence. Among people deceased in 2019, Yao Lee ranks 318Before her are Larry Cohen, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Billy McNeill, Ayşen Gruda, Ron Leibman, and Mirjam Pressler. After her are Barbara Hammer, Dinko Dermendzhiev, Sigvard Ericsson, Bayram Şit, Hans Zender, and Harley Race.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yao Lee ranks 894 out of 1,610Before her are Jiang Wen (1963), James Wong Howe (1899), John Baptist Wu (1925), Dilraba Dilmurat (1992), Xie Fuzhi (1909), and Zhang Jie (1937). After her are Zhu Ziqing (1898), Bai Yang (1920), Coco Lee (1975), Keye Luke (1904), Wu Wenjun (1919), and Chang Wanquan (1949).

Among SINGERS In China

Among singers born in China, Yao Lee ranks 5Before her are Peng Liyuan (1962), Mei Lanfang (1894), Sam Hui (1948), and Shi Pei Pu (1938). After her are Lu Han (1990), Liu Huan (1963), Han Geng (1984), Wei Wei (1963), Lay Zhang (1991), Song Yuqi (1999), and Sa Dingding (1979).