SINGER

Bobby Brown

1969 - Today

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Bobby Barisford Brown Sr. (born February 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and dancer. Brown, alongside frequent collaborator Teddy Riley, is noted as one of the pioneers of new jack swing: a fusion of hip hop and R&B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Brown has received more than 18,499,719 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Brown is the 633rd most popular singer (down from 582nd in 2019), the 3,411th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,343rd in 2019) and the 177th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Bobby Brown ranks 633 out of 4,381Before him are Sabah Fakhri, Shawn Mendes, Joselito, Montserrat Figueras, Francis Rossi, and Kim Jung-sook. After him are Christina Nilsson, Lisa Della Casa, Giuseppe Taddei, Ed Sheeran, Andy Gibb, and Graham Nash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Bobby Brown ranks 86Before him are Bob Sinclar, Viswanathan Anand, Jason Bateman, Erika Eleniak, Josh Holloway, and Ice Cube. After him are Kathryn Morris, Jay-Z, Fernando Couto, Hugo Maradona, Pierre van Hooijdonk, and Faustino Asprilla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Brown ranks 3,411 out of 20,380Before him are Melissa Sue Anderson (1962), Vernor Vinge (1944), Earnie Shavers (1944), Machine Gun Kelly (1990), Fred Quimby (1886), and Hyman Minsky (1919). After him are Frederic Forrest (1936), James McDivitt (1929), Damon Wayans (1960), Amy Beach (1867), Henry Hazlitt (1894), and Red Buttons (1919).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Bobby Brown ranks 177Before him are Halsey (1994), Ice Cube (1969), Wilson Pickett (1941), Patti Page (1927), Pink (1979), and Pharrell Williams (1973). After him are Jay-Z (1969), Andrea True (1943), Percy Sledge (1941), Big Mama Thornton (1926), Del Shannon (1934), and Al Green (1946).