MUSICIAN

Dr. Alban

1957 - Today

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Alban Uzoma Nwapa (born 26 August 1957), better known by his stage name Dr. Alban, is a Nigerian-born Swedish musician and producer with his own record label, Dr. Records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dr. Alban has received more than 897,820 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Dr. Alban is the 192nd most popular musician (up from 214th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Musician.

Dr. Alban is most famous for his worldwide hit "It's My Life" and "Sing Hallelujah."

Memorability Metrics

  • 900k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dr. Albans by language

Over the past year Dr. Alban has had the most page views in the with 123,499 views, followed by Russian (96,997), and German (82,585). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (230.82%), Occitan (166.24%), and Malagasy (115.70%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dr. Alban ranks 192 out of 3,175. Before him are John Cale, John Paul Jones, Alicia Keys, Giovanni Battista Martini, Emil Gilels, and Roger Whittaker. After him are Claudio Arrau, Paolo Conte, Gene Simmons, Joni Mitchell, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Wilhelm Kempff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Dr. Alban ranks 28. Before him are Carole Bouquet, Ofra Haza, Melanie Griffith, Richard E. Grant, Stefan Löfven, and Caroline, Princess of Hanover. After him are Paul Kagame, Ai Weiwei, Rinat Dasayev, Kelly McGillis, Theo van Gogh, and Rumiko Takahashi.

Others Born in 1957

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Dr. Alban ranks 3 out of 309. Before him are Muhammadu Buhari (1942), and Wole Soyinka (1934). After him are Chinua Achebe (1930), Hugo Weaving (1960), Sade (1959), Fela Kuti (1938), Usman dan Fodio (1754), Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), Bola Tinubu (1952), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), and Hakeem Olajuwon (1963).

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Among MUSICIANS In Nigeria

Among musicians born in Nigeria, Dr. Alban ranks 1. After him are Fela Kuti (1938), Tony Allen (1940), Babatunde Olatunji (1927), and Fela Sowande (1905).

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