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Laurie Anderson

1947 - Today

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Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist, musician and filmmaker whose work encompasses performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and sculpting, Anderson pursued a variety of performance art projects in New York City during the 1970s, focusing particularly on language, technology, and visual imagery. She achieved unexpected commercial success when her song "O Superman" reached number two on the UK singles chart in 1981. Anderson's debut studio album Big Science was released in 1982 and has since been followed by a number of studio and live albums. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laurie Anderson is the 623rd most popular musician (down from 548th in 2019), the 3,543rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,818th in 2019) and the 188th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Laurie Anderson ranks 623 out of 3,175. Before her are Bulbul, Carl W. Stalling, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Michael Hutchence, Tommy Lee, and Anton Karas. After her are Shinichi Suzuki, Carl Flesch, Henri Herz, Benny Golson, Duane Allman, and Edgar Froese.

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Among people born in 1947, Laurie Anderson ranks 245. Before her are Jiro Taniguchi, Mihaela Peneș, Patrice Leconte, Kjell Magne Bondevik, David Helfgott, and Novruz Mammadov. After her are Daishiro Yoshimura, William Atherton, Ján Pivarník, James Dyson, Sogyal Rinpoche, and Michel Sardou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laurie Anderson ranks 3,543 out of 20,380. Before her are Kelly Bishop (1944), Cynthia Nixon (1966), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Waylon Jennings (1937), Michael Parks (1940), and Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898). After her are Philip Sheridan (1831), Charles Napier (1936), Andrew Garfield (1983), Edward Weston (1886), Thelma Ritter (1902), and William Cranch Bond (1789).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Laurie Anderson ranks 188. Before her are Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), James Taylor (1948), Chet Atkins (1924), Ace Frehley (1951), Carla Bley (1936), and Carl W. Stalling (1891). After her are Benny Golson (1929), Duane Allman (1946), Jason Newsted (1963), John Frusciante (1970), Freddie King (1934), and Wes Montgomery (1923).

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