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Curt Smith

1961 - Today

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Curt Smith (born 24 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, who is best known as the co-lead vocalist, bassist and co-founding member of the pop rock band Tears for Fears along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal. Smith has co-written several of the band's songs, and sings lead vocals on the hits "Mad World", "Pale Shelter", "Change", "The Way You Are", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", and "Advice for the Young at Heart". After his go out from Tears for Fears in 1991, Smith pursued a solo career and released his debut studio album, Soul on Board, in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Curt Smith has received more than 3,667,561 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Curt Smith is the 1,442nd most popular singer (down from 1,318th in 2019), the 3,854th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,692nd in 2019) and the 154th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Curt Smith ranks 1,442 out of 4,381. Before her are Jimmy Makulis, Toshi, Jim Kerr, Antonina Nezhdanova, Betty Carter, and Víctor Balaguer. After her are Olga Guillot, Radojka Šverko, Van McCoy, Wayne Newton, Eva Sršen, and Jean Vallée.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Curt Smith ranks 276. Before her are Hironobu Kageyama, Vasyl Rats, Zoran Vulić, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, Wally Pfister, and Manuel Merino. After her are João Pinto, Saskia Esken, Rune Bratseth, Eric van de Poele, Riad al-Asaad, and Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Curt Smith ranks 3,854 out of 8,785. Before her are George Graham (1944), Jim Kerr (1959), George Hadley (1685), Georges Passerieu (1885), Paul Anderson (1978), and Grey Owl (1888). After her are Spike Edney (1951), David Burke (1934), Nicholas Grimshaw (1939), Virginia McKenna (1931), Seán Lester (1888), and Talulah Riley (1985).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Curt Smith ranks 154. Before her are Linda Martin (1952), Barney Greenway (1969), Allan Clarke (1942), Peter Murphy (1957), Phil Mogg (1948), and Jim Kerr (1959). After her are Mark Owen (1972), Mel B (1975), Ray Wilson (1968), Alma Cogan (1932), Lisa Stansfield (1966), and Mary Garden (1874).

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