MUSICIAN

Dwight Yoakam

1956 - Today

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Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American country singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.. Yoakam had considerable success throughout the late 1980s onward, with a total of ten studio albums for Reprise Records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dwight Yoakam has received more than 6,390,029 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Dwight Yoakam is the 2,019th most popular musician (down from 1,787th in 2019), the 10,454th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,049th in 2019) and the 794th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dwight Yoakams by language

Over the past year Dwight Yoakam has had the most page views in the with 868,407 views, followed by French (21,010), and German (20,201). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (174.91%), Basque (91.69%), and Afrikaans (86.43%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dwight Yoakam ranks 2,019 out of 3,175. Before her are Sam Rivers, Alphonso Johnson, Debbi Peterson, Robert Gordon, Rod Temperton, and Reb Beach. After her are Pau Donés, Kristen Pfaff, Slim Whitman, David Lindley, Graeme Revell, and Julia Fischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Dwight Yoakam ranks 489. Before her are Guy Stéphan, Greg Phillinganes, Kevin R. Kregel, Viv Anderson, Audrey Landers, and José Vicente Sánchez. After her are Herbert Knaup, Christof Koch, John James, Rebecca Harms, Alexander Zhukov, and Kumiko Okae.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dwight Yoakam ranks 10,454 out of 20,380. Before her are Ernestine Anderson (1928), Frank Greer (1879), Avril Haines (1969), Mike Flanagan (1978), Reb Beach (1963), and Kim Stanley (1925). After her are Bertha Townsend (1869), Jake Sullivan (1976), Colton Ford (1962), Robert Walker (1940), Reg E. Cathey (1958), and Robert Spitzer (1932).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Dwight Yoakam ranks 794. Before her are Tracii Guns (1966), Sam Rivers (1923), Alphonso Johnson (1951), Debbi Peterson (1961), Robert Gordon (1947), and Reb Beach (1963). After her are Kristen Pfaff (1967), Slim Whitman (1923), David Lindley (1944), Roger Miller (1936), Tony Thompson (1954), and David Gates (1940).

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