MUSICIAN

Geoff Downes

1952 - Today

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Geoffrey Downes (born 25 August 1952) is an English keyboardist who gained fame as a member of the new wave group the Buggles with Trevor Horn, the progressive rock band Yes, and the supergroup Asia. Born in Stockport, Downes moved to London to pursue a music career. In 1977, he formed the Buggles with Horn and enjoyed success with their first album The Age of Plastic (1980) which included the worldwide hit single "Video Killed the Radio Star". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoff Downes has received more than 1,121,486 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoff Downes is the 1,192nd most popular musician (down from 1,106th in 2019), the 3,130th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,946th in 2019) and the 188th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Geoff Downes by language

Over the past year Geoff Downes has had the most page views in the with 142,585 views, followed by Spanish (10,810), and Japanese (10,739). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (95.42%), Arabic (50.76%), and Indonesian (37.52%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Geoff Downes ranks 1,192 out of 3,175. Before him are Joe Henderson, Prince Buster, John Abercrombie, Taylor Hawkins, Cerrone, and Ralph Towner. After him are Steven Adler, Martin Birch, John Steel, Benjamin Orr, Alexei Lubimov, and Timo Tolkki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Geoff Downes ranks 319. Before him are Christiane Taubira, Bogusław Linda, Anton Lesser, Jenő Jandó, Cerrone, and Patrick Gaillard. After him are Mustapha Dahleb, Herschel Savage, John D. Barrow, Yoshiki Tanaka, Duncan Regehr, and Shelley McNamara.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Geoff Downes ranks 3,130 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexander Bain (1810), Antonio Pappano (1959), Rory McCann (1969), Brian O'Nolan (1911), M. R. James (1862), and Thomas Bewick (1753). After him are Johnny Herbert (1964), Raphael Holinshed (1529), Anne Bradstreet (1612), Pete Ham (1947), Jamie Carragher (1978), and Lady Arbella Stuart (1575).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Geoff Downes ranks 188. Before him are Andrew Loog Oldham (1944), Jimmie Nicol (1939), Jimmy Bain (1947), Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957), Martin Barre (1946), and Dave Holland (1948). After him are Martin Birch (1948), John Steel (1941), Roy Harper (1941), Wilko Johnson (1947), Mick Jones (1955), and Chris Barber (1930).

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