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Benny Andersson

1946 - Today

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Göran Bror Benny Andersson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbɛ̌nːʏ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn] ; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer and producer best known as a member of the pop group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! For the 2008 film version of Mamma Mia! and its 2018 sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, he worked also as an executive producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benny Andersson has received more than 5,771,379 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Benny Andersson is the 58th most popular musician (down from 42nd in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 39th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Musician.

Benny Andersson is most famous for being a member of the Swedish pop group ABBA.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Benny Anderssons by language

Over the past year Benny Andersson has had the most page views in the with 784,092 views, followed by German (111,473), and Spanish (88,917). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (313.66%), Simple English (196.98%), and Persian (80.37%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Benny Andersson ranks 58 out of 3,175. Before him are Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, Amir Khusrow, Roger Taylor, Vladimir Horowitz, and Brian Jones. After him are Baroness Mary Vetsera, Cliff Burton, Duke Ellington, John Deacon, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, and Björn Ulvaeus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Benny Andersson ranks 35. Before him are Susan Sarandon, Guus Hiddink, Tommy Lee Jones, Syd Barrett, Fabio Capello, and Roh Moo-hyun. After him are José Carreras, Oliver Stone, Timothy Dalton, David Suchet, Marianne Faithfull, and Emerson Fittipaldi.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Benny Andersson ranks 52 out of 1,879. Before him are Pär Lagerkvist (1891), Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755), Gunnar Myrdal (1898), Carl Larsson (1853), Eric XIV of Sweden (1533), and Raoul Wallenberg (1912). After him are Gustaf Dalén (1869), Max von Sydow (1929), Stellan Skarsgård (1951), Astrid of Sweden (1905), Anita Ekberg (1931), and Björn Ulvaeus (1945).

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Among MUSICIANS In Sweden

Among musicians born in Sweden, Benny Andersson ranks 1. After him are Björn Ulvaeus (1945), Franz Berwald (1796), Carl Michael Bellman (1740), Per Gessle (1959), Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), Stig Anderson (1931), Mikkey Dee (1963), Avicii (1989), Jan Johansson (1931), Tor Aulin (1866), and Eric Ericson (1918).

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