MUSICIAN

Brian Connolly

1945 - 1997

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Brian Francis Connolly (5 October 1945 – 9 February 1997) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of glam rock band the Sweet between 1968 and 1979 and renowned for his charismatic stage presence and distinctive voice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Connolly has received more than 2,103,004 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Connolly is the 1,007th most popular musician (down from 847th in 2019), the 2,719th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,397th in 2019) and the 168th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Brian Connollies by language

Over the past year Brian Connolly has had the most page views in the with 323,610 views, followed by German (67,153), and Dutch (10,768). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (168.04%), Egyptian Arabic (133.10%), and Southern Azerbaijani (79.89%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Brian Connolly ranks 1,007 out of 3,175. Before her are Woody Herman, Ronnie Drew, Selda Bağcan, John Williams, Dennis Stratton, and Helen Merrill. After her are Pío Leyva, Otis Rush, Svend Asmussen, Gina Bachauer, Alan White, and John Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Brian Connolly ranks 318. Before her are Ivan Lins, Helen Fisher, Sam Webb, Jeremy Bulloch, Jörg Immendorff, and John Rutter. After her are Faustin Twagiramungu, Norio Wakamoto, Larry Tesler, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, John McVie, and Alexander Markovich Polyakov. Among people deceased in 1997, Brian Connolly ranks 167. Before her are Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Salvador Artigas, Sanford Meisner, René Huyghe, Georges Guétary, and James A. Michener. After her are Bengt Danielsson, Georgy Shonin, Robert Pinget, John Akii-Bua, Myrtle Bachelder, and Tony Williams.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Connolly ranks 2,719 out of 8,785. Before her are Joseph Larmor (1857), Matthew Locke (1621), John Barnard (1946), Paul Potts (1970), Dennis Stratton (1952), and John Rutter (1945). After her are Tony Atkinson (1944), Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841), Chris Vance (1971), Richard Hammond (1969), Francis Beaumont (1584), and Ida of Bernicia (450).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Brian Connolly ranks 168. Before her are Phil Manzanera (1951), Simon Wright (1963), Phil Campbell (1961), Dick Parry (1942), Glen Matlock (1956), and Dennis Stratton (1952). After her are Alan White (1949), Trevor Pinnock (1946), John McVie (1945), Andrew Latimer (1949), Ray Davies (1944), and Geoff Emerick (1945).

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