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Alan Wilder

1959 - Today

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Alan Charles Wilder (born 1 June 1959) is an English musician, composer, arranger, record producer and member of the electronic band Depeche Mode from 1982 to 1995. After his departure from the band, the musical project Recoil became his primary musical enterprise, which initially started as a side project to Depeche Mode in 1986. Wilder has also provided production and remixing services to the bands Nitzer Ebb and Curve. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Wilder has received more than 1,592,628 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Alan Wilder is the 498th most popular musician (up from 588th in 2019), the 1,574th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,825th in 2019) and the 96th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alan Wilders by language

Over the past year Alan Wilder has had the most page views in the with 256,274 views, followed by German (61,973), and Spanish (48,887). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (194.83%), Egyptian Arabic (66.51%), and Estonian (42.01%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alan Wilder ranks 498 out of 3,175. Before him are Ginette Neveu, Pat Metheny, Ole Bull, Gato Barbieri, Loreena McKennitt, and Billy Ray Cyrus. After him are Robert de Visée, Jacob Gade, Tommy Ramone, Phil Lynott, Steve Hackett, and Géza Anda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Alan Wilder ranks 91. Before him are Drew Weissman, Sean Young, Takaaki Kajita, Donna Murphy, Luis Fernández, and Yasmina Reza. After him are Lee Haney, Byung-Chul Han, Andrea de Cesaris, Suzanne Vega, Kokhir Rasulzoda, and Saïd Aouita.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Wilder ranks 1,574 out of 8,785. Before him are Erling Braut Håland (2000), Hugh Fraser (1945), John Blow (1649), George MacDonald (1824), Gilbert Ryle (1900), and Jim Carter (1948). After him are Dunstan (909), Stephen Rea (1946), Rafael Merry del Val (1865), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Ben Cross (1947), and Phil Lynott (1949).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Alan Wilder ranks 96. Before him are Vince Clarke (1960), Jeff Lynne (1947), Bill Ward (1948), Trevor Horn (1949), Greg Lake (1947), and Dick Taylor (1943). After him are Phil Lynott (1949), Steve Hackett (1950), Bernie Taupin (1950), Chris Martin (1977), K. K. Downing (1951), and David A. Stewart (1952).

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