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Dave Matthews

1967 - Today

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David John Matthews (born January 9, 1967) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and political activist. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band (DMB). Matthews was born in Johannesburg, and moved frequently between South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States while growing up. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Matthews has received more than 5,966,415 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Dave Matthews is the 658th most popular singer (up from 762nd in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 59th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Singer.

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  • 6.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Dave Matthews ranks 658 out of 3,528Before him are Zinka Milanov, Leontyne Price, Massimo Ranieri, Edita Piekha, Grethe Ingmann, and Shi Pei Pu. After him are Lisa Della Casa, Kim Jung-sook, Shane MacGowan, Christine McVie, Marietta Alboni, and Emma Calvé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Dave Matthews ranks 87Before him are John Petrucci, Michael Jai White, Tom Hollander, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Michael Johnson, and Lauren Graham. After him are Leslie Jones, Pierre Omidyar, Henry Ian Cusick, Peter Thiel, Kennet Andersson, and Suman Pokhrel.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Dave Matthews ranks 48 out of 374Before him are Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Marais Viljoen (1915), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Manfred Mann (1940), Rory Byrne (1944), and Jamie Uys (1921). After him are Christiaan de Wet (1854), Glynis Johns (1923), Oscar Pistorius (1986), Marlene Dumas (1953), Alice Krige (1954), and C. R. Swart (1894).

Among SINGERS In South Africa

Among singers born in South Africa, Dave Matthews ranks 2Before him are Miriam Makeba (1932). After him are Yolandi Visser (1984), Theuns Jordaan (1971), Brenda Fassie (1964), ZP Theart (1975), Shaun Morgan (1978), Alice Phoebe Lou (1993), and Bok van Blerk (1978).

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