SINGER

Eduard Khil

1934 - 2012

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Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (Russian: Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Хиль, IPA: [ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈxʲilʲ]; 4 September 1934 – 4 June 2012), often anglicized as Edward Hill, was a Russian baritone singer. Khil became known to international audiences in 2010, when a 1976 clip of him singing a non-lexical vocable version of the song "I Am Very Glad, As I Am Finally Returning Back Home" (Russian: "Я о́чень рад, ведь я, наконе́ц, возвраща́юсь домо́й", romanized: "Ya ochen' rad, ved' ya, nakonets, vozvrashchayus' domoy") became an Internet meme, often referred to as "Trololol" or "Trololo", or as the "Russian Rickroll", and the song became associated with Internet trolling. The song's newfound prominence in Internet culture led him to adopt Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduard Khil has received more than 1,984,265 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Khil is the 190th most popular singer (down from 163rd in 2019), the 375th most popular biography from Russia (down from 324th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Singer.

Eduard Khil is most famous for his rendition of the song "I Am Glad, 'Cause I'm Finally Returning Back Home" in a video that went viral on YouTube.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Eduard Khil ranks 190 out of 4,381. Before him are Zarah Leander, Franco Corelli, Tito Gobbi, Taylor Swift, Umberto Tozzi, and Ajda Pekkan. After him are Mario Lanza, Otis Redding, Bob Geldof, Courtney Love, Kyu Sakamoto, and Zucchero Fornaciari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Eduard Khil ranks 67. Before him are Carlo Rubbia, Heng Samrin, Stanislav Shushkevich, Marshall Rosenberg, Édith Cresson, and Lansana Conté. After him are Diana Wynne Jones, Abimael Guzmán, Fujiko Fujio, Udo Jürgens, Albert Speer, and Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. Among people deceased in 2012, Eduard Khil ranks 54. Before him are F. Sherwood Rowland, George Armitage Miller, Hebe Camargo, William Standish Knowles, Dave Brubeck, and Sergio Oliva. After him are Chadli Bendjedid, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Herbert Lom, Ben Gazzara, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., and Etta James.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Eduard Khil ranks 375 out of 3,761. Before him are Rinat Dasayev (1957), Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Pavel Nakhimov (1802), Viktor Kulikov (1921), Henri Troyat (1911), and Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797). After him are Aleksandr Lyapunov (1857), Chung Il-kwon (1917), Aleksandr Karelin (1967), Nikolai Leskov (1831), Basil Fool for Christ (1468), and Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822).

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Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Eduard Khil ranks 4. Before him are Alla Pugacheva (1949), Anna Netrebko (1971), and Feodor Chaliapin (1873). After him are Viktor Tsoi (1962), Valery Leontiev (1949), Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Georg Ots (1920), Martti Talvela (1935), and Elena Obraztsova (1939).

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