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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 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Dave Matthews is the 788th most popular singer (down from 656th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 48th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dave Matthews by language

Over the past year Dave Matthews has had the most page views in the with 957,810 views, followed by German (20,344), and Spanish (18,560). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (94.91%), Egyptian Arabic (49.78%), and Afrikaans (46.68%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Dave Matthews ranks 788 out of 4,381. Before him are Piero Cappuccilli, Massimo Ranieri, Birthe Wilke, Verka Serduchka, Kevin Ayers, and Kurt Moll. After him are Nora Brockstedt, Michel Delpech, Jennifer Warnes, Miliza Korjus, Ville Valo, and Ingvar Wixell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Dave Matthews ranks 104. Before him are Miranda Otto, Kate Walsh, Eddie Guerrero, Etgar Keret, Chuck Schuldiner, and John Petrucci. After him are Kellyanne Conway, Luis Abinader, Saara Kuugongelwa, Sandrine Bonnaire, Ai Yazawa, and Satya Nadella.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Dave Matthews ranks 60 out of 454. Before him are Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), David Cooper (1931), Trevor Jones (1949), Reggie Walker (1889), Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907), and Cyril Cusack (1910). After him are Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Marlene Dumas (1953), Laurence Oliphant (1829), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), and Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819).

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Among SINGERS In South Africa

Among singers born in South Africa, Dave Matthews ranks 2. Before him are Miriam Makeba (1932). After him are Solomon Linda (1909), Yolandi Visser (1984), Brenda Fassie (1964), Theuns Jordaan (1971), ZP Theart (1975), Letta Mbulu (1942), Miriam Stockley (1962), Zahara (1987), Shaun Morgan (1978), and Bok van Blerk (1978).

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