1950 - 2020
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 2,074,308 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Genesis P-Orridge is the 1,059th most popular singer (down from 622nd in 2019), the 3,107th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,091st in 2019) and the 113th most popular British Singer.
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Among singers, Genesis P-Orridge ranks 1,059 out of 3,528. Before her are Pumpuang Duangjan, Dave Benton, Rob Pilatus, Inger Jacobsen, Bertrand Cantat, and Nilla Pizzi. After her are Concha Piquer, Roy Eldridge, Miguel Ríos, Kikki Danielsson, Janet Baker, and Chava Alberstein.
1961 - 1992
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 1,053
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 1,054
1965 - 1998
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 1,055
1923 - 1996
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 1,056
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 1,057
1919 - 2011
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 1,058
1950 - 2020
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 1,059
1908 - 1990
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 1,060
1911 - 1989
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 1,061
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 1,062
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 1,063
1933 - Present
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 1,064
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 1,065
Among people born in 1950, Genesis P-Orridge ranks 281. Before her are Lenny Kuhr, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chuck Schumer, Antony Gormley, Dietmar Lorenz, and Joey Kramer. After her are Fran Lebowitz, Robert Z'Dar, John Diehl, Ntfombi of Eswatini, Toshiko Fujita, and Jorma Ollila. Among people deceased in 2020, Genesis P-Orridge ranks 345. Before her are Charles Moore, Benny Chan, Italo De Zan, Òscar Ribas Reig, Edmund M. Clarke, and Litokwa Tomeing. After her are Mady Mesplé, Pat Patterson, John D. Barrow, Jack Sherman, Goran Paskaljević, and Wolfgang Uhlmann.
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 275
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 276
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 277
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 278
1950 - 2021
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 279
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 280
1950 - 2020
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 281
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 282
1950 - 2015
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 283
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 284
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 285
1950 - 2018
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 286
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 287
1929 - 2020
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 339
1961 - 2020
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 340
1925 - 2020
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 341
1936 - 2020
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 342
1945 - 2020
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 343
1939 - 2020
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 344
1950 - 2020
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 345
1931 - 2020
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 346
1941 - 2020
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 347
1952 - 2020
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 348
1956 - 2020
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 349
1947 - 2020
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 350
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 351
Among people born in United Kingdom, Genesis P-Orridge ranks 3,107 out of 7,765. Before her are Antony Gormley (1950), Edward Wilson (1872), Norman Smith (1923), Jean Marsh (1934), Israel Regardie (1907), and Mary Stewart (1916). After her are Thomas Francis Wade (1818), Ernest Starling (1866), Frank Wild (1873), Tanith Lee (1947), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), and Janet Baker (1933).
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 3,101
1872 - 1912
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 3,102
1923 - 2008
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 3,103
1934 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 3,104
1907 - 1985
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 3,105
1916 - 2014
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 3,106
1950 - 2020
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 3,107
1818 - 1895
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 3,108
1866 - 1927
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 3,109
1873 - 1939
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 3,110
1947 - 2015
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 3,111
1718 - 1792
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 3,112
1933 - Present
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 3,113
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Genesis P-Orridge ranks 113. Before her are Margaret Price (1941), Marc Almond (1957), Clare Torry (1947), Paul Day (1956), Lonnie Donegan (1931), and Chris Lowe (1959). After her are Janet Baker (1933), David Sylvian (1958), Nik Kershaw (1958), Gary Numan (1958), Emma Bunton (1976), and Peter Sinfield (1943).
1941 - 2011
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 107
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 108
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 109
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 110
1931 - 2002
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 111
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 112
1950 - 2020
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 113
1933 - Present
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 114
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 115
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 116
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 117
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 118
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 119