SINGER

Billy Ocean

1950 - Today

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Leslie Sebastian Charles (born 21 January 1950), known professionally as Billy Ocean, is a Trinidadian-born British singer and songwriter. Between 1976 and 1988, he had a series of hit songs in the UK and internationally. After releasing several recordings under other stage names, he achieved breakthrough success with the 1976 single "Love Really Hurts Without You". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Ocean has received more than 4,035,750 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Billy Ocean is the 1,022nd most popular singer (down from 876th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (down from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Trinidadian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Billy Oceans by language

Over the past year Billy Ocean has had the most page views in the with 482,569 views, followed by Portuguese (30,390), and German (27,333). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Haitian (105.92%), Simple English (78.78%), and Ido (74.52%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Billy Ocean ranks 1,022 out of 4,381. Before him are Peter Maffay, Vaçe Zela, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josepha Weber, Carlos Marín, and Beth Hart. After him are Pumpuang Duangjan, Michèle Torr, Gordon Lightfoot, Gangubai Hangal, Lee Hyori, and Antonello Venditti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Billy Ocean ranks 281. Before him are Joe Bugner, Melissa Mathison, Richard Berry, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Dino Meneghin, and Kenneth Cockrell. After him are James Redfield, Chung Sye-kyun, Mark Blum, Miho Kaneda, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, and Phillip Noyce.

Others Born in 1950

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Billy Ocean ranks 5 out of 71. Before him are V. S. Naipaul (1932), Haddaway (1965), Imran N. Hosein (1942), and Keith Rowley (1949). After him are Nicki Minaj (1982), George Maxwell Richards (1931), Dwight Yorke (1971), Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), Basdeo Panday (1933), Stokely Carmichael (1941), and Steven Pressfield (1943).

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Among SINGERS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among singers born in Trinidad and Tobago, Billy Ocean ranks 2. Before him are Haddaway (1965). After him are Nicki Minaj (1982), Edmundo Ros (1910), Heather Headley (1974), and Trinidad James (1987).

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