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Howard Jones

1955 - Today

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John Howard Jones (born 23 February 1955) is a Welsh 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 80,311 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Howard Jones is the 1,740th most popular musician (down from 1,644th in 2019), the 4,468th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,195th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 80k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Howard Jones ranks 1,740 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Howard Jones ranks 4,468 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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