SINGER

Boy George

1961 - Today

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George Alan O'Dowd (born 14 June 1961), known professionally as Boy George, is an English singer, songwriter, actor, DJ and lead singer of the English pop band Culture Club. He began his solo career in 1987. Boy George grew up in Eltham and was part of the New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s to early 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boy George has received more than 15,315,975 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Boy George is the 451st most popular singer (down from 306th in 2019), the 1,550th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,202nd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Boy Georges by language

Over the past year Boy George has had the most page views in the with 1,642,496 views, followed by Spanish (162,696), and German (149,980). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (300.00%), Simple English (132.01%), and Southern Azerbaijani (124.72%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Boy George ranks 451 out of 4,381Before him are Dusty Hill, Jimin, Maria Bethânia, Darío Moreno, Leila Mourad, and Henri Salvador. After him are Nellie Melba, Siw Malmkvist, KRS-One, Juan Gabriel, Marc Anthony, and Lill-Babs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Boy George ranks 80Before him are Tite, Heather Locklear, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Frans Timmermans, Tom Sizemore, and Joan Chen. After him are Kalpana Chawla, Jennifer Coolidge, Billy Ray Cyrus, Chad Smith, Kim Tok-hun, and Abdourahamane Tchiani.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Boy George ranks 1,550 out of 8,785Before him are William Walton (1902), Henry Tandey (1891), James Dyson (1947), David Icke (1952), Lionel Robbins (1898), and Norman Davies (1939). After him are John Maynard Smith (1920), Dick Taylor (1943), Willehad (735), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), David Purley (1945), and N. R. Pogson (1829).

Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Boy George ranks 52Before him are Malcolm McLaren (1946), Gary Brooker (1945), Christine McVie (1943), Sandie Shaw (1947), Vera Lynn (1917), and Maggie Reilly (1956). After him are Neil Tennant (1954), Jeanette (1951), John Lydon (1956), Tim Staffell (1948), Noel Gallagher (1967), and Gary Glitter (1944).