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Dino Merlin

1962 - Today

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Edin Dervišhalidović (born 12 September 1962), known professionally as Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and record producer. Born in Sarajevo, he was the founder and leader of Merlin, which was one of the best-selling rock bands of Southeast Europe.Nicknamed "The Wizard", Dino is considered one of the most prominent and commercially successful artists ever to emerge from the former Yugoslavia. Over the course of his career, he has produced over a dozen chart-topping albums, gone on several record-breaking tours, won awards including the Sixth of April Sarajevo Award, and authored the first national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dino Merlin has received more than 516,467 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Dino Merlin is the 261st most popular singer (up from 372nd in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (up from 49th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dino Merlins by language

Over the past year Dino Merlin has had the most page views in the with 76,318 views, followed by Croatian (32,861), and Bosnian (31,415). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbo-Croatian (194.85%), Serbian (84.15%), and Macedonian (73.51%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Dino Merlin ranks 261 out of 4,381. Before him are Victoria Beckham, Marian Gold, Lil Wayne, Barbara, Chris Cornell, and Warda Al-Jazairia. After him are Kylie Minogue, Joan Sutherland, Anna German, Fancy, Frida Boccara, and Sezen Aksu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Dino Merlin ranks 41. Before him are Kelly Preston, Ales Bialiatski, Matteo Messina Denaro, Milo Đukanović, Matthew Broderick, and Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este. After him are Christiane F., Jordan Belfort, Gerardo Martino, Kirk Hammett, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Dave Gahan.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dino Merlin ranks 40 out of 375. Before him are Ljupko Petrović (1947), Husein Gradaščević (1802), Sinan Pasha (1500), Lepa Brena (1960), Zdravko Čolić (1951), and Jazzar Pasha (1722). After him are Momčilo Krajišnik (1945), Silvana Armenulić (1939), Mate Boban (1940), Matrakçı Nasuh (1480), Bakir Izetbegović (1956), and Miroslav Filipović (1915).

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Among SINGERS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among singers born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dino Merlin ranks 3. Before him are Lepa Brena (1960), and Zdravko Čolić (1951). After him are Željko Bebek (1945), Kemal Monteno (1948), Halid Bešlić (1953), Davorin Popović (1946), Sena Jurinac (1921), Seid Memić Vajta (1950), Ljiljana Petrović (1939), Rodoljub Roki Vulović (1955), and Sabahudin Kurt (1935).

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