MUSICIAN

Carl Palmer

1950 - Today

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Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950) is an English drummer best known as a founding member of the supergroups Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Asia and sometimes Acoustic Alchemy. He has toured with his own bands since 2001, including Palmer, the Carl Palmer Band, and currently, Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Palmer has received more than 1,764,408 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Palmer is the 776th most popular musician (up from 805th in 2019), the 2,252nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,300th in 2019) and the 136th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Carl Palmers by language

Over the past year Carl Palmer has had the most page views in the with 205,512 views, followed by German (22,840), and Italian (15,206). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (126.03%), Arabic (39.71%), and Georgian (34.44%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Carl Palmer ranks 776 out of 3,175Before him are José José, Sam Phillips, Mika, Mick Box, Earl Hines, and Klaus Tennstedt. After him are Paul van Dyk, Billy Sheehan, Stephen Heller, Gary Burton, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Andi Deris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Carl Palmer ranks 197Before him are Jan Zajíc, Yuki Fushimi, Yuen Wah, Edgar Savisaar, Boris Gryzlov, and Derek de Lint. After him are Ken Robinson, Luigi Delneri, Arthur D. Levinson, Erri De Luca, Ken Shimura, and Princess Nora of Liechtenstein.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Carl Palmer ranks 2,252 out of 8,785Before him are Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), Dion Fortune (1890), Henry Irving (1838), Jojo Moyes (1969), Rio Ferdinand (1978), and W. V. D. Hodge (1903). After him are Limahl (1958), Ken Robinson (1950), John Chadwick (1920), Quentin Skinner (1940), John Glen (1932), and John Vanbrugh (1664).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Carl Palmer ranks 136Before him are John Illsley (1949), Rick Astley (1966), Hilton Valentine (1943), Steve Jones (1955), John Miles (1949), and Mick Box (1947). After him are Mick Fleetwood (1947), Allan Holdsworth (1946), Noel Redding (1945), Al Stewart (1945), Julian Bream (1933), and Chris Squire (1948).