“Words of nuance, words of skill/Words of romance are a thrill/Words are stupid, words are fun/Words can put you on the run…”
WordTips counted the words used by 100 modern stars and the 100 greatest singers of all time and added up the number of unique words they used per 1,000. For example, Patti Smith used 2,669 different words across a total word count of 12,291, giving a score of 217/1000.
A nice little ‘interesting to know’ article – just the sort I like. You can see the full article and more in-depth results here.
Key Findings
- The star with the biggest vocabulary overall is legend Patti Smith, who uses 217 unique words per 1,000.
- Billie Eilish is the modern star with the biggest vocabulary: 169 per 1,000.
- Legend Luther Vandross and modern star Trey Songz are tied with 66 for the smallest vocabulary.
- The song with the most unique words is Lou Reed’s The Murder Mystery, recorded by The Velvet Underground, with 639 words.
Pub trivia at its best.