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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 819,454 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is the 2,772nd most popular musician (down from 2,391st in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from Australia (down from 473rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular Australian Musician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ranks 2,772 out of 2,662. Before him are Rob Swire, Lu Andrade, Sonja Aldén, Brendan Benson, Butch Walker, and Space Cowboy. After him are Jeff Tweedy, Kate Voegele, Patrick Wolf, Kacey Musgraves, Danja, and Nina Gordon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ranks 876. Before him are Yoichi Kajiyama, Doug Weight, Francisco Narcizio, Takeo Harada, Tetsuya Tanaka, and Yasuo Manaka. After him are Binyavanga Wainaina, Doris Neuner, Ian Walker, Keiju Karashima, Julio César Yegros, and Kimberly Po. Among people deceased in 2017, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ranks 621. Before him are Steven Holcomb, Moïse Brou Apanga, Ralphie May, John Cygan, Amílcar Henríquez, and Germaine Mason. After him are Ugo Ehiogu, Yukinori Miyabe, Stephen Wooldridge, Dionatan Teixeira, and Fab Melo.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ranks 664 out of 925. Before him are Rob Swire (1982), John Peers (1988), Nathan Parsons (1988), Craig Moore (1975), Ufuk Talay (1976), and Eka Darville (1989). After him are Adam Scott (1980), Penny Taylor (1981), Bindi Irwin (1998), Andrew Nabbout (1992), Stan Lazaridis (1972), and Matthew Dellavedova (1990).

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Among MUSICIANS In Australia

Among musicians born in Australia, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ranks 31. Before him are Orianthi (1985), Slim Dusty (1927), Brody Dalle (1979), Mick Gordon (1985), Daniel Johns (1979), and Rob Swire (1982). After him are Flume (1991), Luke Hemmings (1996), Liam Finn (1983), and Missy Higgins (1983).

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