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Abdullah Ibrahim

1934 - Today

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Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934 and formerly known as Dollar Brand) is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cape Town, ranging from traditional African songs to the gospel of the AME Church and Ragas, to more modern jazz and other Western styles. Ibrahim is considered the leading figure in the subgenre of Cape jazz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdullah Ibrahim has received more than 495,235 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Abdullah Ibrahim is the 901st most popular musician (up from 977th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 72nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Musician.

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  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Abdullah Ibrahim ranks 901 out of 2,662. Before him are Svend Asmussen, Corey Taylor, Tommy Aldridge, Pete Burns, Paul Butterfield, and Vitas. After him are Benny Benassi, Nikolai Noskov, Jack DeJohnette, Stanley Clarke, Michael Brecker, and Robbie Robertson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Abdullah Ibrahim ranks 227. Before him are Anna Maria Ferrero, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Carmelo Simeone, Maria Carta, David Burke, and Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga. After him are Adolf Merckle, Richard Swinburne, Jackie Wilson, Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Oleg Basilashvili, and Otis Rush.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Abdullah Ibrahim ranks 63 out of 374. Before him are Trevor Jones (1949), Piet Joubert (1834), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Koos de la Rey (1847), David Cooper (1931), and Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907). After him are Reggie Walker (1889), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Navi Pillay (1941), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), J. G. Strijdom (1893), and Laurence Oliphant (1829).

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Among MUSICIANS In South Africa

Among musicians born in South Africa, Abdullah Ibrahim ranks 2. Before him are Manfred Mann (1940). After him are Trevor Rabin (1954), Hugh Masekela (1939), Eddie Kramer (1942), Lucky Dube (1910), Kevin Shirley (1960), and J. R. Rotem (1975).

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