MUSICIAN

Erlend Øye

1975 - Today

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Erlend Øye (born 21 November 1975) is a Norwegian composer, musician, producer, singer and songwriter from Bergen, best known for being one half of the indie folk duo Kings of Convenience, along with Eirik Glambek Bøe. Among other musical projects he is front-man for the band The Whitest Boy Alive, and has contributed to tracks by electronic music artists such as Dntel and Norwegian duo Röyksopp. He is also the co-founder of the independent label Bubbles Records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erlend Øye has received more than 463,202 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Erlend Øye is the 2,520th most popular musician (down from 2,256th in 2019), the 627th most popular biography from Norway (down from 533rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Norwegian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Erlend Øyes by language

Over the past year Erlend Øye has had the most page views in the with 49,812 views, followed by Italian (14,242), and German (9,985). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (66.99%), Turkish (62.57%), and Samogitian (44.88%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Erlend Øye ranks 2,520 out of 3,175. Before him are Diodato, Lee Jong-hyun, Antonio Sánchez, Jim Corr, Brandon Flowers, and Eun Ji-won. After him are Shawn Lane, Don Kirshner, Grace VanderWaal, Jon Oliva, Bill Davis, and Bill Dixon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Erlend Øye ranks 436. Before him are Renate Götschl, Tina Kandelaki, Drew Goddard, Koji Uehara, Gerardo Bedoya, and Gláucio de Jesus Carvalho. After him are Laurent Robert, Adam Nelson, Ezequiel Mosquera, Maja Lunde, Julian Marley, and Michael Kretschmer.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Erlend Øye ranks 627 out of 1,039. Before him are Anders Aukland (1972), Iselin Solheim (1990), Kurt Nilsen (1978), Heidi Weng (1991), Kristin Halvorsen (1960), and Linda Medalen (1965). After him are Kristen Skjeldal (1967), Maja Lunde (1975), Thomas Myhre (1973), Ørjan Nyland (1990), Håvard Flo (1970), and Ketil Stokkan (1956).

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Among MUSICIANS In Norway

Among musicians born in Norway, Erlend Øye ranks 33. Before him are Faust (1974), Aurora (1996), Nocturno Culto (1972), Shagrath (1976), Ihsahn (1975), and Biosphere (1962). After him are Ketil Stokkan (1956), Mortiis (1975), ICS Vortex (1974), Sverre Kjelsberg (1946), Tor Endresen (1959), and Harald Nævdal (1970).

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