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Jakob Dylan

1969 - Today

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Jakob Luke Dylan (born December 9, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter. He rose to fame as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter of the rock band the Wallflowers, which he formed in 1989. Born in New York City to musician Bob Dylan and model Sara Lownds, Dylan began his musical career in various indie bands before creating the Wallflowers. As its frontman and lead vocalist, he wrote and performed the band's hit songs including "One Headlight", "6th Avenue Heartache", "The Difference" and "Three Marlenas"—the former of which was included on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Pop Songs", and won two Grammy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jakob Dylan has received more than 5,698,071 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob Dylan is the 1,260th most popular singer (down from 1,109th in 2019), the 6,415th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,024th in 2019) and the 315th most popular American Singer.

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  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jakob Dylan ranks 1,260 out of 4,381. Before him are Jenny Berggren, Lasse Mårtenson, Charlie Dominici, Leo Sayer, Michel Teló, and Akina Nakamori. After him are George London, Annie Palmen, Leonard Warren, Ivan Kozlovsky, Al Atkins, and Marco Antonio Solís.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Jakob Dylan ranks 195. Before him are Márcio Santos, Bismarck Barreto Faria, Lexington Steele, Mattia Binotto, Dulce Pontes, and Stephen Moyer. After him are Wagner Lopes, Gina Torres, Eusebio Di Francesco, Jimmy Morales, Natascha McElhone, and Chandra Wilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jakob Dylan ranks 6,415 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert B. Parker (1932), Gerald Guralnik (1936), Richard Lewontin (1929), Jim Keltner (1942), Cordwainer Smith (1913), and Jack Coleman (1958). After him are Randy Brecker (1945), Leonard Warren (1911), Rod Serling (1924), Dominique Dunne (1959), Deirdre McCloskey (1942), and James J. Jeffries (1875).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Jakob Dylan ranks 315. Before him are Playboi Carti (1996), Lhasa de Sela (1972), Xzibit (1974), Skeeter Davis (1931), Bobby Womack (1944), and Charlie Dominici (1951). After him are Leonard Warren (1911), Koko Taylor (1928), Brian Hyland (1943), Dan Reynolds (1987), Kathleen Battle (1948), and Zack de la Rocha (1970).

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