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Chris Rea

1951 - Today

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Christopher Anton Rea ( REE-ə; born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist from Middlesbrough. Known for his distinctive voice and his slide guitar playing, Rea has recorded twenty five studio albums, two of which topped the UK Albums Chart, The Road to Hell in 1989 and its successor, Auberge, in 1991. He had already become "a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10" with the single "The Road to Hell (Part 2)". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Rea has received more than 4,627,999 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Chris Rea is the 165th most popular singer (up from 173rd in 2019), the 704th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 748th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Singer.

Chris Rea is most famous for his song "The Road to Hell."

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  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Chris Rea ranks 165 out of 4,381. Before him are Celia Cruz, Mirella Freni, Meat Loaf, Dua Lipa, Cass Elliot, and Al Jarreau. After him are Chester Bennington, Gianni Morandi, Beniamino Gigli, Feodor Chaliapin, Claude François, and Desireless.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Chris Rea ranks 38. Before him are Sergei Skripal, Blaise Compaoré, Queen Noor of Jordan, Elio Di Rupo, Nikolai Patrushev, and Bertie Ahern. After him are Kenny Dalglish, Johnny Rep, Nicu Ceaușescu, Anjelica Huston, René van de Kerkhof, and Jarmila Kratochvílová.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Rea ranks 704 out of 8,785. Before him are George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), Peter Greenaway (1942), Francis Hutcheson (1694), David Brewster (1781), William Webb Ellis (1806), and Julian Huxley (1887). After him are Ann Radcliffe (1764), John Surtees (1934), Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964), Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Oliver Reed (1938), and John Gurdon (1933).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Chris Rea ranks 21. Before him are Peter Gabriel (1950), Bruce Dickinson (1958), Annie Lennox (1954), Bryan Ferry (1945), Chris Norman (1950), and Dua Lipa (1995). After him are Tom Jones (1940), Eric Burdon (1941), David Coverdale (1951), Rob Halford (1951), Petula Clark (1932), and Van Morrison (1945).

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