MUSICIAN

Billie Joe Armstrong

1972 - Today

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Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, and provides lead vocals for Green Day's side projects Foxboro Hot Tubs, the Network, the Longshot and the Coverups. Armstrong has been considered by critics as one of the greatest punk rock guitarists of all time.Armstrong developed an interest in music at a young age, and recorded his first song at the age of five. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billie Joe Armstrong has received more than 11,134,362 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Billie Joe Armstrong is the 1,022nd most popular musician (down from 771st in 2019), the 4,953rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,916th in 2019) and the 337th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Billie Joe Armstrongs by language

Over the past year Billie Joe Armstrong has had the most page views in the with 1,860,427 views, followed by Spanish (138,850), and German (81,705). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (234.28%), Latvian (76.82%), and French (63.40%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Billie Joe Armstrong ranks 1,022 out of 3,175. Before him are Trevor Pinnock, Boris Grebenshchikov, Gene Clark, Jack DeJohnette, John McVie, and Larry Carlton. After him are Hank Jones, André Cluytens, Eddy Mitchell, Sonny Stitt, Andrew Latimer, and André Navarra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Billie Joe Armstrong ranks 100. Before him are Goran Višnjić, Thandie Newton, Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice, Julie Benz, Aafia Siddiqui, and Bae Yong-joon. After him are Mia Hamm, Gabriel Macht, Ari Behn, Rebecca Romijn, Selma Blair, and Trine Dyrholm.

Others Born in 1972

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billie Joe Armstrong ranks 4,953 out of 20,380. Before him are Eddie Lawson (1958), Larry Carlton (1948), A. Merritt (1884), Eric S. Raymond (1957), Sylvanus Morley (1883), and John Henry Holland (1929). After him are Alice Hamilton (1869), Ann Wilson (1950), Mathew Brady (1822), Rockmond Dunbar (1974), Marianne Moore (1887), and Eric Bogosian (1953).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Billie Joe Armstrong ranks 337. Before him are Otis Rush (1934), John Lewis (1920), Lennie Tristano (1919), Gene Clark (1944), Jack DeJohnette (1942), and Larry Carlton (1948). After him are Hank Jones (1918), Sonny Stitt (1924), Zakk Wylde (1967), Cecil Taylor (1929), Don Felder (1947), and Tony Williams (1945).

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