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Laura Branigan

1952 - 2004

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Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 single "Gloria", stayed on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No. 2. It also reached number one in Australia and Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Branigan is the 132nd most popular singer (down from 117th in 2019), the 936th most popular biography from United States (down from 666th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Singer.

Laura Branigan was a singer in the 1980s. She is most famous for her song "Gloria" which was released in 1982.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Laura Branigan ranks 132 out of 4,381. Before her are Psy, Harry Belafonte, Mercedes Sosa, Roy Orbison, Georges Moustaki, and George Clinton. After her are Bruce Dickinson, Melanie, Selena, Robin Gibb, Nina Hagen, and Art Garfunkel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Laura Branigan ranks 44. Before her are Oleg Blokhin, Jacques Audiard, Dominique Mamberti, Maria Schneider, Bronisław Komorowski, and Idriss Déby. After her are Cyril Ramaphosa, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Ko Yong-hui, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Allan Simonsen, and Jimmy Connors. Among people deceased in 2004, Laura Branigan ranks 27. Before her are Janet Leigh, Sune Bergström, Maurice Wilkins, Akhmad Kadyrov, Helmut Newton, and Stieg Larsson. After her are Julius Axelrod, Carlos Kleiber, Ko Yong-hui, Herbert C. Brown, Leônidas, and Gérard Debreu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laura Branigan ranks 936 out of 20,380. Before her are Milton H. Erickson (1901), Nat King Cole (1919), George Clinton (1941), Robert Altman (1925), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), and Philip Glass (1937). After her are Jane Addams (1860), William Hurt (1950), Walter Hill (1942), Vera Rubin (1928), Michael Bloomberg (1942), and Melanie (1947).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Laura Branigan ranks 53. Before her are Anastacia (1968), Steve Perry (1949), Dolly Parton (1946), Harry Belafonte (1927), Roy Orbison (1936), and George Clinton (1941). After her are Melanie (1947), Selena (1971), Art Garfunkel (1941), Jimmie Rodgers (1897), DMX (1970), and Bing Crosby (1903).

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