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Haddaway

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Nestor Alexander Haddaway (born 9 January 1965) is a Trinidadian-born German singer best known for his 1993 hit single "What Is Love", which reached number 1 in 13 countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Haddaway has received more than 1,479,009 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Haddaway is the 474th most popular singer (up from 578th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago and the most popular Trinidadian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Haddaways by language

Over the past year Haddaway has had the most page views in the with 255,322 views, followed by German (79,263), and Russian (49,113). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (312.95%), Occitan (296.77%), and Simple English (170.19%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Haddaway ranks 474 out of 4,381. Before him are Lasse Berghagen, Waylon Jennings, Kevin Federline, Manuel García, Séverine, and Mariya Takeuchi. After him are Neil Tennant, Emilio Pericoli, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Marek Grechuta, IU, and Jacques Pills.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Haddaway ranks 68. Before him are KRS-One, Valeria Golino, Katarina Witt, Yahya Jammeh, Satoshi Tajiri, and Darko Pančev. After him are Scottie Pippen, Martin Lawrence, Melissa McBride, Mathieu Amalric, Adama Barrow, and Trifon Ivanov.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Haddaway ranks 2 out of 71. Before him are V. S. Naipaul (1932). After him are Imran N. Hosein (1942), Keith Rowley (1949), Billy Ocean (1950), Nicki Minaj (1982), George Maxwell Richards (1931), Dwight Yorke (1971), Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), Basdeo Panday (1933), Stokely Carmichael (1941), and Steven Pressfield (1943).

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Among SINGERS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among singers born in Trinidad and Tobago, Haddaway ranks 1. After him are Billy Ocean (1950), Nicki Minaj (1982), Edmundo Ros (1910), Heather Headley (1974), and Trinidad James (1987).

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