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Genesis P-Orridge

1950 - 2020

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Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson; 22 February 1950 – 14 March 2020) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, visual artist, and occultist who rose to notoriety as the founder of the COUM Transmissions artistic collective and lead vocalist of seminal industrial band Throbbing Gristle. They were also a founding member of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth occult group, and fronted the experimental pop rock band Psychic TV. Born in Manchester, P-Orridge developed an early interest in art, occultism, and the avant-garde while at Solihull School. After dropping out of studies at the University of Hull, they moved into a counter-cultural commune in London and adopted Genesis P-Orridge as their pseudonym. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Genesis P-Orridge has received more than 2,197,892 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Genesis P-Orridge is the 1,100th most popular singer (down from 1,055th in 2019), the 3,041st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,099th in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Genesis P-Orridge ranks 1,100 out of 4,381. Before her are Odetta, Elisabeth Söderström, Matti Salminen, Despina Vandi, Jim Steinman, and Hortense Schneider. After her are Gala, Oleg Bryjak, Joji, Peter Schilling, Shaggy, and Terry Jacks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Genesis P-Orridge ranks 303. Before her are Mariano García Remón, Lou Gramm, Patrick Juvet, L. Scott Caldwell, John Diehl, and Joey Kramer. After her are Phil McGraw, Mohan Bhagwat, Faouzi Benzarti, Oswaldo de Oliveira, Héctor Baley, and Natalya Bondarchuk. Among people deceased in 2020, Genesis P-Orridge ranks 342. Before her are Gary Peacock, Ewa Demarczyk, Joan Feynman, Rika Zaraï, Paul Goma, and Patrick Devedjian. After her are René Felber, Marcello Abbado, Juan Giménez, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Bobby Morrow, and Òscar Ribas Reig.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Genesis P-Orridge ranks 3,041 out of 8,785. Before her are Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), Naveen Andrews (1969), Patrick Doyle (1953), Jean Shrimpton (1942), Ruth Belville (1854), and Edward Hardwicke (1932). After her are Anthony Hope (1863), Richard Pococke (1704), Andrew Loog Oldham (1944), Samuel Baker (1821), Thomas Digges (1546), and Ted Drake (1912).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Genesis P-Orridge ranks 110. Before her are Peter Pears (1910), Paul Weller (1958), Emma Bunton (1976), Nik Kershaw (1958), Andy Bell (1964), and Jerome Flynn (1963). After her are Sam Smith (1992), Peter Sinfield (1943), Chris Farlowe (1940), Siouxsie Sioux (1957), James Arthur (1988), and Pete Ham (1947).

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