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David Foster

1949 - Today

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David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, film composer, and music executive. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. Foster's career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s before focusing largely on composing and production. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Foster has received more than 18,384,312 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). David Foster is the 594th most popular musician (down from 460th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Canada (down from 108th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, David Foster ranks 594 out of 3,175. Before him are Robert Palmer, Axel Rudi Pell, Rubén González, Uli Jon Roth, Tim Rice, and Curtis Mayfield. After him are Captain Beefheart, Tommy Bolin, Lazar Berman, Stephen Kovacevich, Oliver Riedel, and Nick Simper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, David Foster ranks 182. Before him are Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, Rawhi Fattouh, Shera Danese, Rasim Delić, Ronnie Hellström, and Robert Palmer. After him are George Friedman, Franco Causio, John Wetton, Lindsey Buckingham, Dado Topić, and Keith Carradine.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, David Foster ranks 144 out of 1,622. Before him are Eugene Levy (1946), Tom Cavanagh (1963), James Craig Watson (1838), Peter Cullen (1941), Raymond Burr (1917), and Jordan Peterson (1962). After him are William B. Davis (1938), Paul Watson (1950), Shania Twain (1965), Gerald Bull (1928), Joshua Slocum (1844), and Wilfrid Laurier (1841).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, David Foster ranks 11. Before him are Joni Mitchell (1943), Oscar Peterson (1925), Avril Lavigne (1984), Robbie Robertson (1943), Loreena McKennitt (1957), and Gil Evans (1912). After him are Diana Krall (1964), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Paul Bley (1932), Bob Ezrin (1949), Bob Rock (1954), and Rick Danko (1943).

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