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Ini Kamoze

1957 - Today

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Ini Kamoze ( EYE-nee kə-MOH-zee, born Cecil Campbell; 9 October 1957) is a Jamaican reggae artist who began his career in the early 1980s and rose to prominence in 1994 with the signature song "Here Comes the Hotstepper". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ini Kamoze has received more than 723,248 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ini Kamoze is the 2,241st most popular singer (up from 2,334th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 71st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Jamaican Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ini Kamoze ranks 2,241 out of 4,381. Before him are Karolina Gočeva, GZA, Tiffany Young, Lay Zhang, Clyde McPhatter, and Ellen McLain. After him are Yanka Dyagileva, Olga Tañón, Eddie Kendricks, Fred Neil, Denez Prigent, and Bobby Rydell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Ini Kamoze ranks 561. Before him are Georgina Beyer, J. Smith-Cameron, Mark Parkinson, Scott Hahn, Pedrinho, and Irina Nazarova. After him are Sato Kilman, Dumitru Braghiș, Mohamed Chaïb, Salih Mahmoud Osman, Kate Burton, and Lionel Shriver.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Ini Kamoze ranks 74 out of 189. Before him are Nesta Carter (1985), John Holt (1947), Howard Cooke (1915), Roger Cross (1969), Bruce Golding (1947), and Alexander Bustamante (1884). After him are Donovan Ricketts (1977), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Luther Blissett (1958), Hugh Shearer (1923), Elaine Thompson (1992), and Junior Murvin (1949).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Ini Kamoze ranks 16. Before him are Errol Brown (1948), Gregory Isaacs (1951), Yellowman (1956), Jacob Miller (1952), Alton Ellis (1938), and Millie Small (1947). After him are Capleton (1967), Dennis Brown (1957), Ky-Mani Marley (1976), Sizzla (1976), Heavy D (1967), and Barrington Levy (1964).

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