MUSICIAN

Daniel Lanois

1951 - Today

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Daniel Roland Lanois ( lan-WAH, French: [lanwa]; born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer and musician. He has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, and Harold Budd. He collaborated with Brian Eno to create the ambient genre and produce several albums for U2, including The Joshua Tree (1987) and Achtung Baby (1991). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Lanois has received more than 1,919,731 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Daniel Lanois is the 1,518th most popular musician (down from 1,455th in 2019), the 417th most popular biography from Canada (down from 401st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Daniel Lanois ranks 1,518 out of 3,175. Before him are Jeff Mills, Bobby Keys, Michael Giles, Rolf Harris, Tony Carey, and Pyotr Mamonov. After him are Allen Collins, Maxim, Ziggy Marley, John Powell, Kenny Drew, and Michala Petri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Daniel Lanois ranks 404. Before him are Walter Steiner, Pam Dawber, Christian Tissier, Alley Mills, Anne Alvaro, and Pyotr Mamonov. After him are Celia Weston, Gregory Isaacs, Dominique Dropsy, Zeenat Aman, Nils Lofgren, and Jamey Sheridan.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Daniel Lanois ranks 417 out of 1,622. Before him are Pat Patterson (1941), Jane Bell (1910), Bernard Lonergan (1904), Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975), David Hall (1875), and Michel Chossudovsky (1946). After him are Jason Gray-Stanford (1970), Bruno Pelletier (1962), Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680), Patricia Jones (1930), Justine Musk (1972), and Matt Craven (1956).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Daniel Lanois ranks 22. Before him are Bob Rock (1954), Rick Danko (1943), Richard Manuel (1943), Garth Hudson (1937), Geddy Lee (1953), and Alex Lifeson (1953). After him are Marc-André Hamelin (1961), Calixa Lavallée (1842), Hank Snow (1914), Kenny Wheeler (1930), Jeff Healey (1966), and Angela Hewitt (1958).

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