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James Arthur

1988 - Today

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James Andrew Arthur (born 2 March 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012. His debut single, a cover of Shontelle's "Impossible", was released by Syco Music after the final, and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Arthur has received more than 5,166,602 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). James Arthur is the 1,135th most popular singer (up from 1,162nd in 2019), the 3,104th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,334th in 2019) and the 115th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James Arthurs by language

Over the past year James Arthur has had the most page views in the with 548,917 views, followed by German (67,384), and French (44,936). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (392.95%), French (96.73%), and Esperanto (95.53%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, James Arthur ranks 1,135 out of 4,381. Before him are Siouxsie Sioux, Claude Nougaro, Sylvester, Jean Philippe, Gil Scott-Heron, and Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient. After him are Kumar Sanu, Angela Gossow, Meliton Balanchivadze, Amelita Galli-Curci, Steve Porcaro, and Günther.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, James Arthur ranks 51. Before him are Nemanja Matić, Éver Banega, Papu Gómez, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Nicklas Bendtner, and Rui Patrício. After him are Javi Martínez, Willian, Islam Slimani, Sven Ulreich, Zoë Kravitz, and Dušan Tadić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Arthur ranks 3,104 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Andrews (1948), Frederick Twort (1877), William Withering (1741), Geoff Duke (1923), Dave Holland (1948), and Andrew Marvell (1621). After him are Tom Phillips (1888), David Don (1799), Dora Carrington (1893), Duncan Grant (1885), Anna Massey (1937), and William Thoms (1803).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, James Arthur ranks 115. Before him are Jerome Flynn (1963), Genesis P-Orridge (1950), Sam Smith (1992), Peter Sinfield (1943), Chris Farlowe (1940), and Siouxsie Sioux (1957). After him are Pete Ham (1947), Oliver Sykes (1986), Cilla Black (1943), David Sylvian (1958), Lonnie Donegan (1931), and Paul Day (1956).

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