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Jan Johansson

1931 - 1968

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Jan Johansson (16 September 1931 – 9 November 1968) was a Swedish jazz pianist. His album Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish) is the best selling jazz release ever in Sweden; it has sold over a quarter of a million copies and has been streamed more than 50 million times on Spotify. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Johansson has received more than 18,862 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Johansson is the 784th most popular musician (down from 779th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 411th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jan Johansson ranks 784 out of 3,175. Before him are Billy Sheehan, Stephen Heller, Gary Burton, Jean-Luc Ponty, Andi Deris, and Grover Washington Jr.. After him are Haruomi Hosono, Mick Fleetwood, Scott Walker, Allan Holdsworth, Stewart Copeland, and Diana Krall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Jan Johansson ranks 227. Before him are Ladislav Novák, Yulian Semyonov, Nick Bollettieri, Yoji Yamada, Robert Enrico, and David Wilkerson. After him are León Febres Cordero, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Janosch, Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, Tab Hunter, and Ryuzo Hiraki. Among people deceased in 1968, Jan Johansson ranks 109. Before him are Anthony Asquith, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Khuang Aphaiwong, Armando Castellazzi, Gunnar Ekelöf, and Mae Marsh. After him are Ibrahim Moustafa, Lina Stern, Robert Z. Leonard, Rose Wilder Lane, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, and Vasyl Makukh.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jan Johansson ranks 438 out of 1,879. Before him are Lars Gustafsson (1936), Eugène Jansson (1862), Emma Wiklund (1968), Johan David Åkerblad (1763), Gunnar Ekelöf (1907), and Odd Nerdrum (1944). After him are Gösta Pettersson (1940), Estrid of the Obotrites (979), Greta Thunberg (2003), Victoria Silvstedt (1974), Conny Torstensson (1949), and Sophie Adlersparre (1823).

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Among MUSICIANS In Sweden

Among musicians born in Sweden, Jan Johansson ranks 10. Before him are Carl Michael Bellman (1740), Per Gessle (1959), Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), Stig Anderson (1931), Mikkey Dee (1963), and Avicii (1989). After him are Tor Aulin (1866), Eric Ericson (1918), Åse Kleveland (1949), Peter Tägtgren (1970), Max Martin (1971), and Mic Michaeli (1962).

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