1958 - Today
Joseph Robert Saddler (born January 1, 1958), popularly known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is a Barbadian-American DJ, rapper and producer. He created a DJ technique called the Quick Mix Theory. This technique serviced the break-dancer and the rapper by elongating the drum breaks through the use of duplicate copies of vinyl. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grandmaster Flash has received more than 3,226,895 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Grandmaster Flash is the 1,060th most popular musician (down from 1,055th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Barbados and the most popular Barbadian Musician.
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Among musicians, Grandmaster Flash ranks 1,060 out of 2,662. Before him are Enrique Santos Discépolo, Susumu Hirasawa, Blackie Lawless, Gustavo Cerati, Marcel Moyse, and Selda Bağcan. After him are ATB, Terry Bozzio, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Peter Machajdík, Scott Columbus, and Scott LaFaro.
1901 - 1951
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 1,054
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 1,055
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 1,056
1959 - 2014
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 1,057
1889 - 1984
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 1,058
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 1,059
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 1,060
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 1,061
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 1,062
1911 - 1984
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 1,063
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 1,064
1956 - 2011
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 1,065
1936 - 1961
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 1,066
Among people born in 1958, Grandmaster Flash ranks 144. Before him are Jan Fabre, Algirdas Butkevičius, Luis Guillermo Solís, Vlado Goreski, Eddie Lawson, and Mark Moses. After him are Belinda Carlisle, Julio Medem, Paul Weller, Kornelia Ender, Karlheinz Förster, and Paula-Mae Weekes.
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 138
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 139
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 140
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 141
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 142
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 143
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 144
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 145
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 146
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 147
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 148
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 149
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 150
Among people born in Barbados, Grandmaster Flash ranks 5 out of 17. Before him are Sandra Mason (1949), Rihanna (1988), Stede Bonnet (1688), and Sue Gardner (1967). After him are Mia Mottley (1965), Clifford Husbands (1926), Freundel Stuart (1951), Elliott Belgrave (1931), Owen Arthur (1949), Errol Barrow (1920), and Obadele Thompson (1976).
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 1
1988 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 2
1688 - 1718
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 3
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 5
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 6
1926 - 2017
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 7
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 8
1931 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 9
1949 - 2020
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 10
1920 - 1987
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 11
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 12
Among musicians born in Barbados, Grandmaster Flash ranks 1.