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Christopher Cross

1951 - Today

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Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from San Antonio, Texas. He won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (from the 1981 film Arthur) peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Cross has received more than 3,912,278 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Christopher Cross is the 721st most popular singer (up from 734th in 2019), the 3,816th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,174th in 2019) and the 198th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Christopher Crosses by language

Over the past year Christopher Cross has had the most page views in the with 662,102 views, followed by Spanish (47,614), and Japanese (40,229). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (873.81%), Simple English (160.60%), and Turkish (148.27%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Christopher Cross ranks 721 out of 4,381. Before him are H.P. Baxxter, Polad Bülbüloğlu, Gladys Knight, Arik Einstein, Paul Young, and Maria Carta. After him are Júlia Várady, Tanita Tikaram, Angela Gheorghiu, Sena Jurinac, Kim Larsen, and Alanis Morissette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Christopher Cross ranks 172. Before him are Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Patriarch Daniel of Romania, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Isa Mustafa, Viktor Sukhorukov, and Ivars Godmanis. After him are Slavica Đukić Dejanović, Nitish Kumar, Marcel Iureș, Chrissie Hynde, Charly García, and Kazumi Takada.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Cross ranks 3,816 out of 20,380. Before him are Pink Anderson (1900), Robert Blake (1933), Ralph Craig (1889), Vanessa Williams (1963), Marlon Wayans (1972), and Chris Penn (1965). After him are Stephen Krashen (1941), Jerome Robbins (1918), June Allyson (1917), Dennis Haysbert (1954), Joe Morton (1947), and George David Birkhoff (1884).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Christopher Cross ranks 198. Before him are Peggy March (1948), Tiffany Trump (1993), Tracy Chapman (1964), Fergie (1975), SZA (1990), and Gladys Knight (1944). After him are Peter Steele (1962), Ronnie Spector (1943), Sheryl Crow (1962), Aaliyah (1979), Billy Vaughn (1919), and Mike Love (1941).

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