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Bernie Taupin

1950 - Today

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Bernard John Taupin (born 22 May 1950) is an English-American lyricist and visual artist. He is most well known for his songwriting partnership with Elton John, recognised as one of the most successful partnerships of its kind in history. Taupin is behind the majority of John's songs, dating back to the 1960s.In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in the music paper New Musical Express placed by Liberty Records, a company that was seeking new songwriters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernie Taupin has received more than 9,671,575 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Bernie Taupin is the 518th most popular musician (down from 392nd in 2019), the 1,617th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,335th in 2019) and the 99th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bernie Taupins by language

Over the past year Bernie Taupin has had the most page views in the with 1,168,274 views, followed by Spanish (71,268), and French (68,502). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (308.22%), Finnish (255.79%), and Simple English (199.93%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bernie Taupin ranks 518 out of 3,175. Before him are Nelson Freire, Claude Bolling, Suzanne Vega, Igor Oistrakh, Sonny Boy Williamson I, and Carlos Puebla. After him are Jason Newsted, James Taylor, Maurice White, Arthur Grumiaux, Grace Slick, and Chris Martin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Bernie Taupin ranks 124. Before him are Péter Esterházy, Vagit Alekperov, Camarón de la Isla, Willy DeVille, Juan Gabriel, and Steve Hackett. After him are Andrzej Szarmach, Bah Ndaw, Bobby McFerrin, Natsagiin Bagabandi, Sebastião Lazaroni, and Adriano Panatta.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernie Taupin ranks 1,617 out of 8,785. Before him are Alf Ramsey (1920), Matthew Flinders (1774), Leonard Woolley (1880), Sandford Fleming (1827), Paul Scofield (1922), and Lynn Redgrave (1943). After him are Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), Neil Tennant (1954), Michael Anderson (1920), Jeffrey Archer (1940), John Dollond (1706), and Albert Ketèlbey (1875).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Bernie Taupin ranks 99. Before him are Trevor Horn (1949), Greg Lake (1947), Dick Taylor (1943), Alan Wilder (1959), Phil Lynott (1949), and Steve Hackett (1950). After him are Chris Martin (1977), K. K. Downing (1951), David A. Stewart (1952), Paul Rodgers (1949), Mitch Mitchell (1947), and Dido (1971).

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