MUSICIAN

Des'ree

1968 - Today

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Desirée Annette Weekes (born 30 November 1968), known by her stage name Des'ree (), is a British pop recording artist who rose to popularity during the 1990s. She is best known for her hits "Feel So High", "You Gotta Be", "Life", and "Kissing You" (from the soundtrack of the film Romeo + Juliet). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Des'ree has received more than 950,658 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Des'ree is the 2,179th most popular musician (down from 1,937th in 2019), the 5,486th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,826th in 2019) and the 365th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Des'rees by language

Over the past year Des'ree has had the most page views in the with 118,754 views, followed by French (12,062), and Japanese (10,153). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (278.40%), Southern Azerbaijani (87.84%), and Slovenian (84.69%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Des'ree ranks 2,179 out of 3,175. Before her are Tom Paxton, Oscar Levant, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, Louie Bellson, Bob Burns, and Roy Hargrove. After her are Glen Benton, Charlie Barnet, Stuart Price, Harry Carney, Peter Fox, and Flemming Rasmussen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Des'ree ranks 415. Before her are James Toney, Néstor Fabbri, Axelle Red, Wolfgang Tillmans, Nobutoshi Canna, and Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev. After her are Chrystia Freeland, Ashin Wirathu, Byron Howard, Guinevere Turner, Cynthia Watros, and Franck Lagorce.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Des'ree ranks 5,486 out of 8,785. Before her are James Fleet (1952), Wilf Mannion (1918), Dru Drury (1725), Shaun Wright-Phillips (1981), Paul McGuigan (1963), and Noel Harrison (1934). After her are Miles Mander (1888), Compton Mackenzie (1883), David Thompson (1770), Dick Gibson (1918), John Crome (1768), and John Skelton (1460).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Des'ree ranks 365. Before her are Barriemore Barlow (1949), Cecil Sharp (1859), Jeffrey Hammond (1946), Ellie Goulding (1986), Chris Wolstenholme (1978), and Gerry Marsden (1942). After her are Ian Mosley (1953), Andrew Davis (1944), Andy Powell (1950), Steven Isserlis (1958), Dominic Howard (1977), and Tom Chaplin (1979).

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