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Alex Chilton

1950 - 2010

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Alex Chilton (born William Alexander Chilton; December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was never repeated in later years with Big Star and in his subsequent indie music solo career on small labels, but he drew an intense following among indie and alternative rock musicians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Chilton has received more than 1,678,280 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alex Chilton is the 1,958th most popular musician (down from 1,866th in 2019), the 10,165th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,691st in 2019) and the 797th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alex Chilton ranks 1,958 out of 2,662Before him are Toshio Masuda, Branford Marsalis, Kygo, Lynn Harrell, Bill Laswell, and Arcadi Volodos. After him are Eddie Lang, Julia Fischer, Li Yundi, Earl Hooker, Dan Fogelberg, and Ellie Goulding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Alex Chilton ranks 506Before him are Luciano Spinosi, François Dupeyron, Jack Layton, Kenzo Suzuki, Marie Bergman, and Andres Serrano. After him are Ole Qvist, Viktor Rashchupkin, Mark Mothersbaugh, William Barr, P. J. Soles, and Mario Osbén. Among people deceased in 2010, Alex Chilton ranks 375Before him are James Moody, Pete Quaife, Pentti Linnosvuo, William B. Lenoir, Lionel Jeffries, and Dorothy Provine. After him are Christoph Schlingensief, Franciszek Gągor, Maureen Forrester, Edwin Valero, Art Clokey, and Mitch Miller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Chilton ranks 10,165 out of 18,182Before him are Happy Rockefeller (1926), Derek Jeter (1974), Lee Tergesen (1965), John R. Leonetti (1956), Peter Cooper (1791), and Theodore Roethke (1908). After him are Greg Graffin (1964), Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), Jim Neidhart (1955), Eddie Lang (1902), Donald Faison (1974), and John T. Scopes (1900).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Alex Chilton ranks 797Before him are Michael Clarke (1946), Jeff Berlin (1953), Narada Michael Walden (1952), Branford Marsalis (1960), Lynn Harrell (1944), and Bill Laswell (1955). After him are Eddie Lang (1902), Earl Hooker (1930), Dan Fogelberg (1951), Brian Welch (1970), Kid Cudi (1984), and Jimmy Van Heusen (1913).