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"Weird Al" Yankovic

1959 - Today

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Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( YANG-kə-vik; born October 23, 1959) is an American musician, comedian, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing comedy songs that often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of "Weird Al" Yankovic has received more than 16,452,460 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). "Weird Al" Yankovic is the 571st most popular singer (up from 641st in 2019), the 3,289th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,655th in 2019) and the 170th most popular American Singer.

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  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 78

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, "Weird Al" Yankovic ranks 571 out of 3,528. Before him are Mongo Santamaría, Wilson Pickett, Jorge Ben, Neil Tennant, Gigi D'Agostino, and Ghena Dimitrova. After him are Adele, Manolo Escobar, David Lee Roth, Angela Gheorghiu, Marian Anderson, and Lusine Zakaryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, "Weird Al" Yankovic ranks 93. Before him are Nimr al-Nimr, Filipe Nyusi, Luis Fernández, Robert Smith, Saïd Aouita, and Rebecca De Mornay. After him are Suzanne Vega, Jason Alexander, Saul Perlmutter, Xiomara Castro, Sigmar Gabriel, and John C. McGinley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, "Weird Al" Yankovic ranks 3,289 out of 18,182. Before him are Wayne Knight (1955), Jo Van Fleet (1915), Kevin Peter Hall (1955), Budd Schulberg (1914), Raymond Leo Burke (1948), and Edith Head (1897). After him are Ron Rifkin (1939), Arnold Rothstein (1882), Kevin James (1965), The Miz (1980), Heber Doust Curtis (1872), and Suzanne Vega (1959).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, "Weird Al" Yankovic ranks 170. Before him are Paul Robeson (1898), Bobby Kimball (1947), Fergie (1975), Del Shannon (1934), Brenda Lee (1944), and Wilson Pickett (1941). After him are David Lee Roth (1954), Marian Anderson (1897), La Toya Jackson (1956), Al Green (1946), Bobby Brown (1969), and Rosemary Clooney (1928).

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