MUSICIAN

Fatboy Slim

1963 - Today

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Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), better known as Fatboy Slim, is an English musician who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist for the Hull-based indie rock band the Housemartins, who achieved a UK number-one single with their a cappella cover of "Caravan of Love". After the Housemartins split up, Cook formed the electronic band Beats International in Brighton, who produced the number-one single "Dub Be Good to Me". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fatboy Slim has received more than 5,526,446 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Fatboy Slim is the 888th most popular musician (down from 886th in 2019), the 2,460th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,480th in 2019) and the 151st most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Fatboy Slim ranks 888 out of 3,175. Before him are James Burton, Gustavo Cerati, Doug Clifford, Paco Ibáñez, S. D. Burman, and Maceo Parker. After him are Scott Bradley, Benny Carter, Charlie Christian, Kyung Wha Chung, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and Aphex Twin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Fatboy Slim ranks 151. Before him are James Mangold, Boris Nadezhdin, Bernard Lama, Marc Girardelli, Manuel Marrero Cruz, and Dave Foley. After him are Shaun Toub, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Zurab Zhvania, David Seaman, Phoolan Devi, and Hans Gillhaus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Fatboy Slim ranks 2,460 out of 8,785. Before him are Midge Ure (1953), Ernest Marsden (1889), Kiki Dee (1947), John Callen (1946), Galyani Vadhana (1923), and Martin Lings (1909). After him are Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Roy Harrod (1900), Peter Frampton (1950), George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799), Benedict Biscop (628), and Sydney Chapman (1888).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Fatboy Slim ranks 151. Before him are Snowy White (1948), Adam Clayton (1960), Mel Collins (1947), Pete Burns (1959), Philip Catherine (1942), and Eddie Clarke (1950). After him are Würzel (1949), Mick Ronson (1946), Carl Cox (1962), Simon Le Bon (1958), James Galway (1939), and Johnny Clegg (1953).

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