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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

1971 - 2017

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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (22 January 1971 – 25 July 2017), commonly known as Gurrumul and also referred to since his death as Dr G. Yunupingu, was a Yolŋu Aboriginal Australian musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he played drums, keyboards, guitar (a right-hand-strung guitar played left-handed) and didgeridoo, but it was the clarity of his singing voice that attracted rave reviews. He sang stories of his land both in Yolŋu languages such as Gaalpu, Gumatj or Djambarrpuynu, a dialect related to Gumatj, and in English. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has received more than 843,390 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is the 2,978th most popular musician (down from 2,760th in 2019), the 751st most popular biography from Australia (down from 664th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Australian Musician.

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  • 840k

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  • 30.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ranks 2,978 out of 3,175. Before him are Jerry Finn, Mickey Madden, Ben McKee, Mikey Way, Donatan, and Sylwia Grzeszczak. After him are Paul Epworth, Tomasz Wróblewski, Sidney Samson, Andy Hurley, Fran Healy, and Netsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ranks 955. Before him are Anthony Hamilton, Lee Sharpe, Masashi Shimamura, Jason McAteer, Sarah Alexander, and Marek Kolbowicz. After him are Krisztián Kulcsár, Rika Hiraki, Kazuyuki Kyoya, Yasushi Mizusaki, Tatsuya Morishige, and Sara Evans. Among people deceased in 2017, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ranks 684. Before him are Moïse Brou Apanga, Tommy Page, John Cygan, Abubakari Yakubu, Yukinori Miyabe, and Gillian Rolton. After him are Germaine Mason, Amílcar Henríquez, Steven Holcomb, Ugo Ehiogu, Velichko Cholakov, and Stephen Wooldridge.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ranks 751 out of 1,143. Before him are Baden Cooke (1978), Jamie Dwyer (1979), Michelle Ford (1962), Eliza Scanlen (1999), Ryan Bayley (1982), and Matthew Reilly (1974). After him are Emma Hewitt (1988), Ricky Ponting (1974), Cameron Meyer (1988), Penelope Mitchell (1991), Breanna Yde (2003), and Thanasi Kokkinakis (1996).

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Among MUSICIANS In Australia

Among musicians born in Australia, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ranks 32. Before him are Warren Ellis (1965), Orianthi (1985), Timmy Trumpet (1982), Mick Gordon (1985), Brody Dalle (1979), and Daniel Johns (1979). After him are Rob Swire (1982), Flume (1991), Luke Hemmings (1996), Missy Higgins (1983), and Liam Finn (1983).

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