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Beck

1970 - Today

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Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres. He has musically encompassed folk, funk, soul, hip hop, electronica, alternative rock, country, and psychedelia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beck has received more than 13,732,023 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Beck is the 253rd most popular musician (up from 280th in 2019), the 1,431st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,649th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Beck ranks 253 out of 3,175. Before him are Don Cherry, Dinu Lipatti, Georges Prêtre, Consuelo Velázquez, Maria Theresia von Paradis, and Peter Tosh. After him are Wanda Landowska, Chico Buarque, Bob Klose, Toots Thielemans, Henryk Szeryng, and Karl Jenkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Beck ranks 18. Before him are Banksy, Rachel Weisz, Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke, Paul Ryan, and Melania Trump. After him are Andre Agassi, Lara Fabian, Dmitry Utkin, River Phoenix, Naomi Campbell, and Halit Ergenç.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Beck ranks 1,431 out of 20,380. Before him are George Smoot (1945), Joshua Lederberg (1925), Henry Rollins (1961), Hiram Maxim (1840), Neil Diamond (1941), and William Daniel Phillips (1948). After him are Daniel Dennett (1942), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), Ron Howard (1954), Harold Perrineau (1963), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), and Sam Walton (1918).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Beck ranks 71. Before him are Thelonious Monk (1917), Carla Bley (1936), Dave Mustaine (1961), Ludacris (1977), John Zorn (1953), and Don Cherry (1936). After him are Paul Stanley (1952), J. J. Cale (1938), Charles Mingus (1922), Art Blakey (1919), Burt Bacharach (1928), and Marilyn Manson (1969).

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