SINGER

Edwyn Collins

1959 - Today

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Edwyn Stephen Collins (born 23 August 1959) is a Scottish musician, producer and record label owner from Edinburgh. Collins was the lead singer for the 1980s post-punk band Orange Juice, which he co-founded. After the group split in 1985, Collins started a solo career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwyn Collins has received more than 1,429,215 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Edwyn Collins is the 2,100th most popular singer (down from 2,081st in 2019), the 5,401st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,241st in 2019) and the 211th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Edwyn Collins by language

Over the past year Edwyn Collins has had the most page views in the with 169,710 views, followed by German (11,374), and French (9,670). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (109.82%), Estonian (101.91%), and Basque (98.37%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Edwyn Collins ranks 2,100 out of 4,381. Before him are Lucinda Williams, Tak Matsumoto, T.I., Jill Johnson, Porter Wagoner, and Aaron Carter. After him are Stacey Kent, Shohreh, Teresa Brewer, Barrett Strong, Samuel Ramey, and Ernest Tubb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Edwyn Collins ranks 493. Before him are Mackenzie Phillips, Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Nick Griffin, Eren Keskin, John Allen Nelson, and Saida Gunba. After him are Hiroshi Soejima, Shohreh, Maya Lin, Lutz Dombrowski, Baselios Cleemis, and Andrew Morton.

Others Born in 1959

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edwyn Collins ranks 5,401 out of 8,785. Before him are Joanna Baillie (1762), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Roger Taylor (1941), Jack Fairman (1913), Rhodri Morgan (1939), and Brian Moore (1921). After him are Bukayo Saka (2001), Cecil Sharp (1859), Alastair Reynolds (1966), Dick King-Smith (1922), Margaret Wycherly (1881), and Leslie Marr (1922).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Edwyn Collins ranks 211. Before him are Dani Filth (1973), Adam Ant (1954), Billy Bragg (1957), Alesha Dixon (1978), Craig David (1981), and Kathy Kirby (1938). After him are Cleo Laine (1927), Noel Harrison (1934), Tony Ashton (1946), Leona Lewis (1985), Reg Presley (1941), and Bryn Terfel (1965).

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