MUSICIAN

Chris Martin

1977 - Today

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Christopher Anthony John Martin (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, producer and philanthropist. He is best known as the lead vocalist, pianist, rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay. Born in Exeter, Devon, Martin went to University College London, where he formed Coldplay with Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Martin has received more than 22,681,997 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Martin is the 524th most popular musician (down from 371st in 2019), the 1,627th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,275th in 2019) and the 100th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 23M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Chris Martins by language

Over the past year Chris Martin has had the most page views in the with 3,671,752 views, followed by Spanish (531,096), and Italian (283,920). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (991.84%), Indonesian (435.78%), and Southern Azerbaijani (183.24%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chris Martin ranks 524 out of 3,175Before him are Bernie Taupin, Jason Newsted, James Taylor, Maurice White, Arthur Grumiaux, and Grace Slick. After him are Verivery, Wes Montgomery, Joey DeMaio, Bobby McFerrin, Don Henley, and K. K. Downing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Chris Martin ranks 35Before him are Tarja Turunen, Robert Enke, Luca Toni, Kanye West, Sarah Wayne Callies, and Antonio Di Natale. After him are Katheryn Winnick, Fabio Grosso, Maryam Mirzakhani, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Wan, and Daddy Yankee.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Martin ranks 1,627 out of 8,785Before him are Jeffrey Archer (1940), John Dollond (1706), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), Matthew Festing (1949), Philippa Foot (1920), and Charles Macintosh (1766). After him are Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Malo (487), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), P. F. Strawson (1919), and Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Chris Martin ranks 100Before him are Greg Lake (1947), Dick Taylor (1943), Alan Wilder (1959), Phil Lynott (1949), Steve Hackett (1950), and Bernie Taupin (1950). After him are K. K. Downing (1951), David A. Stewart (1952), Paul Rodgers (1949), Mitch Mitchell (1947), Dido (1971), and Thom Yorke (1968).