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Grimes

1988 - Today

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Claire Elise Boucher ( boo-SHAY; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her early work has been described as extending from "lo-fi R&B" to futuristic dance-pop, and has incorporated influences from electronic music, hip hop, and rock. Her lyrics often touch on science fiction and feminist themes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grimes has received more than 6,724,548 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Grimes is the 1,421st most popular singer (down from 1,320th in 2019), the 389th most popular biography from Canada (down from 383rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Canadian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Grimes by language

Over the past year Grimes has had the most page views in the with 2,937,118 views, followed by Spanish (215,972), and Russian (179,416). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (251.56%), Egyptian Arabic (242.21%), and German (127.55%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Grimes ranks 1,421 out of 4,381. Before her are Vikki Carr, Barney Greenway, Alannah Myles, Tomas Ledin, Jean de Reszke, and Marcel Mouloudji. After her are Tego Calderón, RedOne, Andreas Scholl, Allan Clarke, Beverly Sills, and Eagle-Eye Cherry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Grimes ranks 70. Before her are Anikka Albrite, Benedikt Höwedes, Haley Joel Osment, Gregory van der Wiel, Angelique Kerber, and Maya Yoshida. After her are Steven Nzonzi, Josip Iličić, Justin Gaethje, Skrillex, Ahn Bo-hyun, and Russell Westbrook.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Grimes ranks 389 out of 1,622. Before her are Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), Louise Arbour (1947), August Ames (1994), Jack Pickford (1896), Marie-Josée Croze (1970), and Alannah Myles (1958). After her are Harold Russell (1914), Jacques Parizeau (1930), Shawn Levy (1968), Ted Cruz (1970), Shirley Douglas (1934), and John Qualen (1899).

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Among SINGERS In Canada

Among singers born in Canada, Grimes ranks 24. Before her are James LaBrie (1963), The Weeknd (1990), George London (1920), Bernie Shaw (1956), Feist (1976), and Alannah Myles (1958). After her are Bruno Pelletier (1962), Anne Murray (1945), Peaches (1966), Alissa White-Gluz (1985), Chad Kroeger (1974), and Alessia Cara (1996).

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