MUSICIAN

Jackson Browne

1948 - Today

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Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States.Emerging as a teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he had his first successes writing songs for others. He wrote "These Days" as a 16-year-old; the song became a minor hit for the German singer and Andy Warhol protégé Nico in 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jackson Browne has received more than 9,709,374 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jackson Browne is the 933rd most popular musician (down from 829th in 2019), the 3,642nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,172nd in 2019) and the 55th most popular German Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jackson Brownes by language

Over the past year Jackson Browne has had the most page views in the with 1,450,514 views, followed by German (38,909), and Japanese (34,128). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (670.59%), Simple English (145.58%), and Czech (34.75%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jackson Browne ranks 933 out of 3,175Before him are Airto Moreira, ATB, Rick James, Salamone Rossi, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, and Vlado Perlemuter. After him are Simon Le Bon, James Galway, Tommy Aldridge, Sabicas, Carmine Appice, and Johnny Clegg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Jackson Browne ranks 312Before him are Marc Singer, Winfried Kretschmann, Yoshihito, Prince Katsura, Alfonso Cano, Rick James, and Koloman Gögh. After him are Robert Hübner, Yossi Beilin, Levy Mwanawasa, Shigesato Itoi, Josef Hickersberger, and Joe Dallesandro.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jackson Browne ranks 3,642 out of 7,253Before him are Walther Kadow (1900), Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890), Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1826), Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1585), Theodor Curtius (1857), and André Schürrle (1990). After him are Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg (1717), Georg Curtius (1820), Hans Talhoffer (1420), Corinna Harfouch (1954), Karl Kaufmann (1900), and Robert Hübner (1948).

Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Jackson Browne ranks 55Before him are Peter Winter (1754), Herman Rarebell (1949), Ingo Schwichtenberg (1965), Karl Bartos (1952), Daniel Steibelt (1765), and ATB (1973). After him are Adolf Busch (1891), Peter Brötzmann (1941), Wolf Hoffmann (1959), Michael Weikath (1962), Bernhard Romberg (1767), and Jaki Liebezeit (1938).