MUSICIAN

Bret Michaels

1963 - Today

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Bret Michael Sychak (born March 15, 1963), known professionally as Bret Michaels, is an American singer and musician. He is the frontman of rock band Poison who has sold over 65 million albums worldwide and 30 million records in the United States. The band has also charted 10 singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and a number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn".Besides his career as frontman, he has several solo albums to his credit, including the soundtrack album to the 1998 film A Letter from Death Row in which Michaels starred, wrote and directed, and a rock album, Songs of Life, in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bret Michaels has received more than 6,813,884 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Bret Michaels is the 2,061st most popular musician (down from 1,501st in 2019), the 10,708th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,510th in 2019) and the 815th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bret Michaels by language

Over the past year Bret Michaels has had the most page views in the with 851,069 views, followed by Spanish (41,933), and German (20,205). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (197.69%), Icelandic (104.70%), and Afrikaans (83.10%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bret Michaels ranks 2,061 out of 3,175. Before him are Merle Travis, Dave Rodgers, Alex Chilton, Paulo Jr., Rob Bailey, and Kai Winding. After him are Paul Oakenfold, Brian Bennett, Ane Brun, Sleepy John Estes, Cristina Branco, and Patrick Leonard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Bret Michaels ranks 488. Before him are Paweł Kukiz, Erik King, Joanna Going, Ted Demme, Dave Rodgers, and Lisa Rinna. After him are Paul Oakenfold, Joe Dumars, Yousuf Al-Thunayan, Barbara Dare, Gert-Jan Theunisse, and Andrea Sawatzki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bret Michaels ranks 10,708 out of 20,380. Before him are Susan Solomon (1956), Lloyd Price (1933), Summer Phoenix (1978), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), Bob Bryan (1978), and Michael D. Griffin (1949). After him are Ed Czerkiewicz (1913), George Follmer (1934), Mississippi Fred McDowell (1906), Mark Mothersbaugh (1950), Glenn Greenwald (1967), and Stuart Pankin (1946).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Bret Michaels ranks 815. Before him are John Prine (1946), Scott Asheton (1949), Malcolm Bilson (1935), Sam Jones (1924), Merle Travis (1917), and Alex Chilton (1950). After him are Sleepy John Estes (1899), Patrick Leonard (1956), The Game (1979), Victor Wooten (1964), Michael Clarke (1946), and Chino Moreno (1973).

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