MUSICIAN

Eddy Grant

1948 - Today

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Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for his genre-blending sound and socially-conscious lyrics; his music has blended elements of pop, British rock, soul, funk, reggae, electronic music, African polyrhythms, and Latin music genres such as samba, among many others. In addition to this, he also helped to pioneer the genre of "Ringbang". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddy Grant has received more than 1,756,057 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Eddy Grant is the 972nd most popular musician (down from 949th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Guyana (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Guyanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Eddy Grants by language

Over the past year Eddy Grant has had the most page views in the with 258,984 views, followed by German (25,884), and Spanish (15,877). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (258.47%), Irish (92.96%), and Southern Azerbaijani (73.30%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Eddy Grant ranks 972 out of 3,175. Before him are Theodor Kullak, Barney Kessel, Peter Brötzmann, Dimebag Darrell, Matisyahu, and Arvīds Jansons. After him are Tuomas Holopainen, Gábor Szabó, Corey Taylor, Candy Dulfer, Daron Malakian, and Phil Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Eddy Grant ranks 324. Before him are Joe Dallesandro, Pedro Artola, Joel Santana, Otto Waalkes, David H. Levy, and Ndaye Mulamba. After him are Norbert Lammert, Ted Nugent, Eddie Jordan, Enver Marić, Elaine Paige, and Bernard Dietz.

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In Guyana

Among people born in Guyana, Eddy Grant ranks 5 out of 24. Before him are David A. Granger (1945), Arthur Chung (1918), Cheddi Jagan (1918), and Sam Hinds (1943). After him are CCH Pounder (1952), Donald Ramotar (1950), Desmond Hoyte (1929), Neil Ritchie (1897), Forbes Burnham (1923), Irfaan Ali (1980), and Moses Nagamootoo (1947).

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Among MUSICIANS In Guyana

Among musicians born in Guyana, Eddy Grant ranks 1. 

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