Singer

Afrika Bambaataa

American DJ, record producer and activist

1957 - 2026

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His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Afrika Bambaataa is the 757th most popular singer (up from 817th in 2024), the 4,460th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,339th in 2019) and the 233rd most popular American Singer.

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840k

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Afrika Bambaataa's Wikipedia page drew 840k views over the past year, 2.8× the average among Singers.

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Among Singers

Among singers, Afrika Bambaataa ranks 757 out of 5,024. Before him are Shawn Mendes, Andreas Vollenweider, Plastic Bertrand, Gino Paoli, Richard Carpenter, and Sayed Darwish. After him are Navneet Aditya Waiba, Peggy March, Joseph Schmidt, Izhar Cohen, Halsey, and Sandra Studer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Afrika Bambaataa ranks 149. Before him are Mark Gordon, Mary Bell, Jaco Van Dormael, Marc Platt, John Lasseter, and Vladimir Tkachenko. After him are Alfonso de Galarreta, Duško Ivanović, Tetsuo Sugamata, Nikos Galis, Viktor Vekselberg, and Hansi Müller. Among people deceased in 2026, Afrika Bambaataa ranks 109. Before him are Davíð Oddsson, Jana Brejchová, Luísa Diogo, Robert Skidelsky, Ian Watson, and Gino Paoli. After him are László Fazekas, Asha Bhosle, Roland Collombin, Angela Luce, Polycarp Pengo, and Peter H. Raven.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Afrika Bambaataa ranks 4,460 out of 23,232. Before him are Jim Carroll (1949), David Stern (1942), Roger Ailes (1940), Dennis Sullivan (1941), Norman Finkelstein (1953), and Chavo Guerrero Jr. (1970). After him are Burt Kennedy (1922), Nick Bollettieri (1931), Clarence Thomas (1948), David Rasche (1944), Timothy Dexter (1747), and Robert Surtees (1906).

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Among Singers In United States

Among singers born in United States, Afrika Bambaataa ranks 233. Before him are Pink (1979), Betty Everett (1939), Patti Page (1927), Pharrell Williams (1973), Bobby Darin (1936), and Richard Carpenter (1946). After him are Peggy March (1948), Halsey (1994), Redman (1970), Judy Collins (1939), B. J. Thomas (1942), and AJ McLean (1978).

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