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Howard Jones

1955 - Today

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John Howard Jones (born 23 February 1955) is a British musician, singer and songwriter. He had ten top 40 hit singles in the UK between 1983 and 1986, six of which reached the top ten, including "Like to Get to Know You Well" , "What Is Love?", "New Song", and "Things Can Only Get Better". His 1984 album Human's Lib reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Jones has received more than 75,533 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Howard Jones is the 1,738th most popular musician (down from 1,644th in 2019), the 4,467th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,195th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 76k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Howard Jones by language

Over the past year Howard Jones has had the most page views in the with 20,908 views, followed by German (15,147), and Italian (15,043). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (104.64%), Italian (85.99%), and Catalan (51.63%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Howard Jones ranks 1,738 out of 3,175. Before him are Jackie McLean, Cedar Walton, Yoko Shimomura, Hardwell, Khatia Buniatishvili, and Eric Prydz. After him are Maksim Mrvica, Andy Mackay, Dave Farrell, Sami Vänskä, Bobby Hutcherson, and Michael McDonald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Howard Jones ranks 403. Before him are Michael Steele, Nestor Serrano, Nicolas Hulot, Muriel Robin, Piers Sellers, and Pascal Dusapin. After him are Pavel Cebanu, Nikolay Zimyatov, William Hope, Bruno Barreto, Alexei Venediktov, and Erick Mombaerts.

Others Born in 1955

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Howard Jones ranks 4,467 out of 8,785. Before him are George Coulouris (1903), John Dill (1881), Steve McQueen (1969), Pauline Baynes (1922), David Mitchell (1969), and Alan Ayckbourn (1939). After him are Simon Schama (1945), George Galloway (1954), Monty Norman (1928), Charles Williams (1886), Andy Mackay (1946), and Paul Graham (1964).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Howard Jones ranks 283. Before him are Ian McLagan (1945), Sophie Muller (1962), Chris Thomas (1947), Jeremy Spencer (1948), Richard Sinclair (1948), and Holly Johnson (1960). After him are Andy Mackay (1946), Zak Starkey (1965), Brian Robertson (1956), Dave Edmunds (1944), Dave Hill (1946), and Delia Derbyshire (1937).

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