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Jennifer Holliday

1960 - Today

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Jennifer Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960) is an American singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls (1981–1983), Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980–1981) and later became a successful recording artist. She is best known for her debut single, the Dreamgirls number and rhythm-and-blues/pop hit, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", for which she won a Grammy Award in 1983. She also won a 1982 Tony Award for Dreamgirls. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Jennifer Holliday is the 4,027th most popular singer (down from 3,472nd in 2024), the 18,280th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,876th in 2019) and the 1,006th most popular American Singer.

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Among people born in 1960, Jennifer Holliday ranks 826. Before her are Himani Shivpuri, Jo Durie, Craig Johnston, Mark Takano, Bill McKibben, and Anne-Marie Johnson. After her are Jeanette Bolden, Tanvi Azmi, Grayson Perry, Sean B. Carroll, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, and Wendee Lee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jennifer Holliday ranks 18,288 out of 20,380. Before her are Jeff Rouse (1970), Sharon Case (1971), Gianna Dior (1997), Joy Fawcett (1968), Chris Masters (1983), and Danielle Fishel (1981). After her are Kaitlyn (1986), Olivia Olson (1992), Tristin Mays (1990), Cooper Koch (1996), Gavin DeGraw (1977), and Scott Pruitt (1968).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Jennifer Holliday ranks 1,004. Before her are Nayer (1990), Jeff Tweedy (1967), Keyshia Cole (1981), and Anthony Hamilton (1971). After her are Rachel Platten (1981), Ester Dean (1982), Lupe Fiasco (1982), CeCe Peniston (1969), Jaci Velasquez (1979), Lauv (1994), Ginuwine (1970), and Fernando del Valle (1964).

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