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Burning Spear

1945 - Today

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Winston Rodney OD (born 1 March 1945), better known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist, and musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Burning Spear has received more than 1,189,253 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Burning Spear is the 857th most popular singer (up from 1,024th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 27th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Jamaican Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Burning Spear ranks 857 out of 4,381. Before him are Blaze Bayley, François Delsarte, Tommy Körberg, Pablo Milanés, Patachou, and Bhimsen Joshi. After him are Roy Black, Julien Clerc, Sakis Rouvas, Elly Ameling, Karl Davydov, and Hermann Prey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Burning Spear ranks 297. Before him are Lydia Shum, Romeo Benetti, Betty Mahmoody, José Manuel Fuente, David Chase, and John Doman. After him are Sadok Sassi, Tony Roche, Marsha P. Johnson, Abdolkarim Soroush, Salvador Valdés Mesa, and Ana Martín.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Burning Spear ranks 19 out of 189. Before him are Trevor Berbick (1954), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), Patrick Ewing (1962), Desmond Dekker (1941), Stephen Hopkins (1958), and Asafa Powell (1982). After him are Madge Sinclair (1938), Sean Paul (1973), Bunny Wailer (1947), Max Romeo (1944), DJ Kool Herc (1955), and Patrick Allen (1951).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Burning Spear ranks 4. Before him are Grace Jones (1948), Jimmy Cliff (1948), and Liz Mitchell (1952). After him are Bunny Wailer (1947), Max Romeo (1944), Cedella Booker (1926), Shaggy (1968), Carl Douglas (1942), Errol Brown (1948), Gregory Isaacs (1951), and Yellowman (1956).

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