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Gotye

1980 - Today

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Wouter André "Wally" De Backer (born 21 May 1980), known professionally as Gotye ( GOT-ee-ay), is an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His 2011 single "Somebody That I Used to Know", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the best-selling song of 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gotye has received more than 5,393,017 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Gotye is the 1,507th most popular musician (down from 1,445th in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 579th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belgian Musician.

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  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gotye ranks 1,507 out of 2,662. Before him are Lyle Mays, Masaharu Fukuyama, Aynsley Dunbar, Kiko Loureiro, Shantel, and Bret Michaels. After him are Ilaiyaraaja, Slim Harpo, Rick Danko, Joe South, Simon Gallup, and Horace Andy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Gotye ranks 100. Before him are Zachary Levi, Tom Boonen, Hiroyuki Sawano, Ben Foster, Chris Owen, and Kareena Kapoor. After him are Rachel Nichols, Emir Spahić, Ivan Klasnić, Eliza Dushku, Kim Nam-gil, and Vitantonio Liuzzi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gotye ranks 616 out of 1,019. Before him are Michy Batshuayi (1993), Tom Boonen (1980), Simon Mignolet (1988), Frank Brangwyn (1867), Willy De Clercq (1927), and Eric van de Poele (1961). After him are Ingrid Daubechies (1954), Hector Goetinck (1886), Reginar IV, Count of Mons (null), Georges Theunis (1873), Gérard Delbeke (1903), and Philippe Gilbert (1982).

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Among MUSICIANS In Belgium

Among musicians born in Belgium, Gotye ranks 11. Before him are Sigiswald Kuijken (1944), André Cluytens (1905), Bobbejaan Schoepen (1925), Adrien-François Servais (1807), Francis Goya (1946), and Arthur De Greef (1862). After him are Lost Frequencies (1993) and Netsky (1989).

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