SINGER

Errol Brown

1948 - 2015

Photo of Errol Brown

Icon of person Errol Brown

Errol Ainsworth Glenstor Brown MBE (born Lester Errol Brown; 12 November 1943 – 6 May 2015) was a British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Errol Brown has received more than 1,402,526 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Errol Brown is the 1,465th most popular singer (up from 1,691st in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 52nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Jamaican Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Errol Brown ranks 1,465 out of 4,381. Before him are Yevgeny Nesterenko, Marcella Bella, Alma Cogan, Arlo Guthrie, Lil Peep, and Edmundo Ros. After him are David Alexandre Winter, Jello Biafra, Alexia, Park Hyung-sik, Roberto Goyeneche, and Jorge Drexler.

Most Popular Singers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Errol Brown ranks 495. Before him are Yevhen Arzhanov, Goodwill Zwelithini, Cornel Dinu, George Wendt, Peggy Fleming, and Robert Tarjan. After him are Charles Maung Bo, Glenn Branca, Richard Riehle, Damir Šolman, Richard Masur, and Ivan Král. Among people deceased in 2015, Errol Brown ranks 341. Before him are Kurt Oppelt, Vladimir Kesarev, Ferenc Kiss, Stein Eriksen, Richard Bass, and Héctor Silva. After him are Andrei Eshpai, Gerrit Voorting, Eric Thompson, Héctor Salva, Dominique Dropsy, and Nirmala Joshi.

Others Born in 1948

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2015

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Errol Brown ranks 40 out of 189. Before him are Portia Simpson-Miller (1945), Raheem Sterling (1994), Monty Alexander (1944), Don Quarrie (1951), Carl Douglas (1942), and King Tubby (1941). After him are Ziggy Marley (1968), Gregory Isaacs (1951), Bilal Philips (1947), Yellowman (1956), Leonard Howell (1898), and Horace Andy (1951).

Others born in Jamaica

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Errol Brown ranks 10. Before him are Burning Spear (1945), Bunny Wailer (1947), Max Romeo (1944), Cedella Booker (1926), Shaggy (1968), and Carl Douglas (1942). After him are Gregory Isaacs (1951), Yellowman (1956), Jacob Miller (1952), Alton Ellis (1938), Millie Small (1947), and Ini Kamoze (1957).

Jamaican born Singers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous