MUSICIAN

Alan Menken

1949 - Today

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Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer and conductor, best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Skydance Animation. Menken's music for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) has each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores and songs for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Newsies (1992), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Home on the Range (2004), Enchanted (2007), Tangled (2010), and Disenchanted (2022), among others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Menken has received more than 3,928,860 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Alan Menken is the 361st most popular musician (up from 373rd in 2019), the 2,006th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,070th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alan Menken ranks 361 out of 3,175. Before him are John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Yngwie Malmsteen, Glenn Tipton, Maurice André, and Michel Polnareff. After him are Robert Trujillo, Woody Guthrie, Armin van Buuren, Radu Lupu, Denny Laine, and Andy Fletcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Alan Menken ranks 119. Before him are Kgalema Motlanthe, Sergei Bagapsh, Walid Jumblatt, Armand Assante, John Toshack, and Hans-Hermann Hoppe. After him are Bengt Holmström, Manuel Marín, Michael W. Young, Klaus Fischer, Arif Alvi, and Ward Cunningham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Menken ranks 2,006 out of 20,380. Before him are William H. Seward (1801), James Heckman (1944), Jeff Koons (1955), Rhea Perlman (1948), Archie Hahn (1880), and Alice Walker (1944). After him are Marion Ramsey (1947), James Avery (1945), Vernon L. Smith (1927), Jennifer Garner (1972), Darren Aronofsky (1969), and Kim Peek (1951).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Alan Menken ranks 103. Before him are Bruno Mars (1985), Moby (1965), Bo Diddley (1928), Peggy Lee (1920), Isaac Hayes (1942), and David Crosby (1941). After him are Robert Trujillo (1964), Woody Guthrie (1912), Ry Cooder (1947), Liberace (1919), Wayne Shorter (1933), and Jermaine Jackson (1954).

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