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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 comedy musician, writer, 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 17,977,320 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 78 in 2019). "Weird Al" Yankovic is the 308th most popular singer (up from 569th in 2019), the 1,798th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,281st in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Singer.

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  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, "Weird Al" Yankovic ranks 308 out of 4,381. Before him are Coolio, Agnes Baltsa, Muslim Magomayev, Psy, Johnny Logan, and Thalía. After him are Kishore Kumar, Giulietta Simionato, Giuditta Pasta, Cab Calloway, Axl Rose, and Théo Sarapo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, "Weird Al" Yankovic ranks 59. Before him are Christian Wulff, Tupou VI, Ving Rhames, Donna Strickland, Per Gessle, and Marwan Barghouti. After him are Sam Raimi, Nina Hartley, Youssou N'Dour, Victoria Abril, Christian Thielemann, and Irene Cara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, "Weird Al" Yankovic ranks 1,798 out of 20,380. Before him are Clara Bow (1905), Ken Mattingly (1936), Larry Scott (1938), Elizabeth Montgomery (1933), Temple Grandin (1947), and Eugene Fama (1939). After him are Jim Caviezel (1968), Bill Pullman (1953), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Max Emmerich (1879), and Billy Zane (1966).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, "Weird Al" Yankovic ranks 95. Before him are Janet Jackson (1966), Roberta Flack (1937), Sonny Bono (1935), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), John Fogerty (1945), and Coolio (1963). After him are Cab Calloway (1907), Axl Rose (1962), Joey Ramone (1951), Adelaide Hall (1901), Carole King (1942), and Karen Carpenter (1950).

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