MUSICIAN

Chris de Burgh

1948 - Today

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Christopher John Davison (born 15 October 1948), known professionally as Chris de Burgh (English: d'-BER), is a British-Irish singer-songwriter and musician. He started out as an art rock performer but subsequently started writing more pop-oriented material. He has had several top 40 hit singles in the UK and two in the US, but he is more popular in other countries, particularly Norway and Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris de Burgh has received more than 2,630,648 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Chris de Burgh is the 218th most popular musician (up from 273rd in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 59th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chris de Burgh ranks 218 out of 3,175. Before him are Lenny Kravitz, Snoop Dogg, Mike Portnoy, Dave Brubeck, Izzy Stradlin, and György Cziffra. After him are Franz Berwald, Lady Gaga, Pete Seeger, Jean-Marie Leclair, Mike Shinoda, and Jaco Pastorius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Chris de Burgh ranks 68. Before him are Svetlana Savitskaya, Lluís Llach, Jerzy Kukuczka, William Gibson, Edmund Kemper, and Edwige Fenech. After him are Radomir Antić, Alan Parsons, Maye Musk, Steven Chu, Agnieszka Holland, and Nathalie Baye.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Chris de Burgh ranks 46 out of 1,154. Before him are Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924), Fernando de la Rúa (1937), Lucio Fontana (1899), César Pelli (1926), Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793), and Carlos Bilardo (1938). After him are Violet Jessop (1887), Carlos Monzón (1942), Jorge Valdano (1955), Manuel Belgrano (1770), Raimundo Orsi (1901), and Ramón Díaz (1959).

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Among MUSICIANS In Argentina

Among musicians born in Argentina, Chris de Burgh ranks 2. Before him are Martha Argerich (1941). After him are Lalo Schifrin (1932), Gustavo Santaolalla (1951), Gato Barbieri (1932), Charly García (1951), Osvaldo Pugliese (1905), Aníbal Troilo (1914), Gustavo Cerati (1959), Juan d'Arienzo (1900), Enrique Santos Discépolo (1901), and José Cura (1962).

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