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Chris Blackwell

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Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell OJ (born 22 June 1937) is a Jamaican-British former record producer and the founder of Island Records, which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels". According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is "the single person most responsible for turning the world on to reggae music." Variety describes him as "indisputably one of the greatest record executives in history".Having formed Island Records in Jamaica on 22 May 1959 when he was nearly 22, Blackwell was among the first to record the Jamaican popular music that eventually became known as ska. Returning to Britain in 1962, he sold records from the back of his car to the Jamaican community. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Blackwell has received more than 1,213,711 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Blackwell is the 64th most popular producer, the 4,184th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 4th most popular British Producer.

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  • 1.2M

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  • 44.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Chris Blackwell ranks 64 out of 89Before him are Robert Chartoff, Clive Davis, Leon Schlesinger, Lauren Shuler Donner, Lawrence Gordon, and Matt Stone. After him are Michael Patrick King, Lorne Michaels, Steven Bochco, Brian Grazer, Emma Thomas, and Neal H. Moritz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Chris Blackwell ranks 393Before him are Detto Mariano, Carlos Campos, Claes Andersson, Frans De Mulder, Tony Maggs, and Michael Jeffery. After him are Ramón Abeledo, Francesco Janich, James MacArthur, Georg Thoma, Benny Paret, and Steve Russell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Blackwell ranks 4,184 out of 7,765Before him are Muriel Robb (1878), Randolph Caldecott (1846), Frances O'Connor (1967), William Roxburgh (1751), David Cross (1949), and Emily Hobhouse (1860). After him are Richard Taylor (1962), Antonia Fraser (1932), Thomas Clarkson (1760), Henry Baker (1698), Helen Allingham (1848), and Jaime Murray (1976).

Among PRODUCERS In United Kingdom

Among producers born in United Kingdom, Chris Blackwell ranks 4Before him are Simon Cowell (1959), David Heyman (1961), and Walter Legge (1906). After him are Emma Thomas (1971), Mark Ronson (1975), Miles Millar (1967), Hugh Padgham (1955), and Eric Fellner (1959).