MUSICIAN

Holly Johnson

1960 - Today

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William "Holly" Johnson (born 9 February 1960) is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he was a bassist for the band Big in Japan. In 1989, Johnson's debut solo album, Blast, reached number one in the UK albums chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Holly Johnson has received more than 2,824,150 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Holly Johnson is the 1,731st most popular musician (down from 1,633rd in 2019), the 4,441st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,165th in 2019) and the 282nd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Holly Johnson ranks 1,731 out of 3,175. Before him are Chris Thomas, Machito, Jeremy Spencer, Richard Sinclair, Unsuk Chin, and Booker T. Jones. After him are Jackie McLean, Cedar Walton, Yoko Shimomura, Hardwell, Khatia Buniatishvili, and Eric Prydz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Holly Johnson ranks 351. Before him are Christopher Clark, Yvon Le Roux, Hans Pflügler, Dave Weckl, Gerard Joling, and Karita Mattila. After him are Toke Talagi, Ralf König, Aziz Bouderbala, Elsa Cayat, Svetlana Kitić, and Alexei Kudrin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Holly Johnson ranks 4,441 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Lewis (1881), John Prescott (1938), Anthony Newley (1931), Sophie Ellis-Bextor (1979), Christian Coulson (1978), and Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847). After him are Ian McElhinney (1948), Barbara Bodichon (1827), Tracey Ullman (1959), Karen Gillan (1987), Graham Taylor (1944), and James Nesbitt (1965).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Holly Johnson ranks 282. Before him are Boz Burrell (1946), Ian McLagan (1945), Sophie Muller (1962), Chris Thomas (1947), Jeremy Spencer (1948), and Richard Sinclair (1948). After him are Howard Jones (1955), Andy Mackay (1946), Zak Starkey (1965), Brian Robertson (1956), Dave Edmunds (1944), and Dave Hill (1946).

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