MUSICIAN

Gary Barlow

1971 - Today

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Gary Barlow (born 20 January 1971) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He is the lead singer of the pop group Take That. Barlow is one of the United Kingdom's most successful songwriters, having written thirteen number-one singles (ten with Take That, two solo, one with the Robbie Williams song "Candy") and twenty-four top-ten hits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Barlow has received more than 5,903,399 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Gary Barlow is the 1,045th most popular musician (up from 1,418th in 2019), the 2,808th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,705th in 2019) and the 175th most popular British Musician.

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  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gary Barlow ranks 1,045 out of 3,175Before him are Antonio Janigro, Charlie Mariano, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Geoff Emerick, Gary Thain, and Estas Tonne. After him are Paul Chambers, Peter Banks, Ralph Kirkpatrick, John Lurie, Jack Irons, and Johnny Thunders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Gary Barlow ranks 108Before him are Chris Vance, João Pinto, Michael C. Hall, Lior Raz, Peter Sarsgaard, and Howard Webb. After him are Shireen Abu Akleh, Sergi Bruguera, Luke Wilson, Matthew Vaughn, Nicola Rizzoli, and Stella McCartney.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gary Barlow ranks 2,808 out of 8,785Before him are Jason Flemyng (1966), Clare Torry (1947), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Tom Baker (1934), Geoff Emerick (1945), and Ellen Terry (1847). After him are Jim Ratcliffe (1952), Thomas Girtin (1775), Peter Banks (1947), Janet McTeer (1961), Effie Gray (1828), and Christiane Amanpour (1958).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Gary Barlow ranks 175Before him are Alan White (1949), Trevor Pinnock (1946), John McVie (1945), Andrew Latimer (1949), Ray Davies (1944), and Geoff Emerick (1945). After him are Peter Banks (1947), Steven Wilson (1967), Paul Simonon (1955), Hank Marvin (1941), Anthony Phillips (1951), and Geoff Nicholls (1948).