MUSICIAN

Arto Tunçboyacıyan

1957 - Today

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Arto Sedraki Tunchboyachyan (Armenian: Արտո Սեդրակի Թունջբոյաջյան; Western Armenian: Արթօ Սէտրակի Թունճպոյաճեան, romanized: Art'ō T'unjpoyajean; born August 4, 1957) is an Armenian American avant-garde folk and jazz multi-instrumentalist and singer of Armenian descent. He fronts his own group called the Armenian Navy Band, and is also a member of the instrumental quartet Night Ark. Tunchboyachyan had appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went on to work with numerous jazz musicians including Chet Baker, Marc Johnson, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul, as well as performing semi-regularly with Paul Winter and the Earth Band. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arto Tunçboyacıyan has received more than 272,116 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Arto Tunçboyacıyan is the 1,721st most popular musician (down from 1,528th in 2019), the 1,032nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,065th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Turkish Musician.

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  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Arto Tunçboyacıyan ranks 1,721 out of 3,175. Before him are Bernie Leadon, RZA, Michael Steele, Arto Lindsay, Shelly Manne, and Mike Chapman. After him are Alexander Courage, Ray Anthony, Dominic Miller, Sophie Muller, Dave Weckl, and Chris Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Arto Tunçboyacıyan ranks 370. Before him are Jennifer Batten, Silvio Orlando, Karen Pence, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Bruce Payne, and Rosalind Chao. After him are Walter Moers, Antonio Maceda, François Asselineau, Patricia Tallman, Amina Bouayach, and Manuel Rivas.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Arto Tunçboyacıyan ranks 1,032 out of 1,347. Before him are Cemil Turan (1947), Rıfat Ilgaz (1911), Rosy Varte (1923), Epenetus of Carthage (1), Özge Gürel (1987), and Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet (1881). After him are Volkan Demirel (1981), Acun Ilıcalı (1969), Necil Kazım Akses (1908), Fatih Birol (1958), Varlam Avanesov (1884), and Cyril Mango (1928).

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Among MUSICIANS In Türkiye

Among musicians born in Türkiye, Arto Tunçboyacıyan ranks 10. Before him are Ahmet Ertegun (1923), Âşık Veysel (1894), Orhan Gencebay (1944), Arif Mardin (1932), Selda Bağcan (1948), and Fazıl Say (1970). After him are Şehrazat (1952), Ayla Erduran (1934), Şebnem Ferah (1972), and Burak Yeter (1982).

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