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Fatboy Slim

1963 - Today

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Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim (among others), is an English musician, DJ, and record producer 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 4,863,799 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Fatboy Slim is the 889th most popular musician (down from 826th in 2019), the 2,486th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,359th in 2019) and the 151st most popular British Musician.

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  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Fatboy Slim ranks 889 out of 2,662. Before him are Aníbal Troilo, Veronika Dudarova, Country Joe McDonald, Desmond Child, Emanuel Feuermann, and Luiz Bonfá. After him are Theodor Kullak, Angélique Kidjo, Paul Chambers, Todd Rundgren, Neil Peart, and Svend Asmussen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Fatboy Slim ranks 146. Before him are Eva Cassidy, Greg Kinnear, Blaze Bayley, Inva Mula, Bernard Lama, and Nasrin Sotoudeh. After him are Ludovic Orban, Andrew Ridgeley, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Marla Maples, Holt McCallany, and James Mangold.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Fatboy Slim ranks 2,486 out of 7,765. Before him are G. I. Taylor (1886), Jamie Oliver (1975), Robert Chambers (1802), Simon Callow (1949), Sol Campbell (1974), and Jock Stein (1922). After him are Corin Redgrave (1939), Egon Pearson (1895), Banastre Tarleton (1754), Shirley Eaton (1937), Donald Watson (1910), and Alexander Gordon Laing (1794).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Fatboy Slim ranks 151. Before him are Al Stewart (1945), Brian Connolly (1945), George Shearing (1919), Philip Catherine (1942), James Galway (1939), and Simon Phillips (1957). After him are Pete Burns (1959), Mel Collins (1947), Dick Parry (1942), Mick Ronson (1946), Mick Fleetwood (1947), and Trevor Pinnock (1946).

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