MUSICIAN

Joan Armatrading

1950 - Today

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Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (, born 9 December 1950) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her first major commercial success came with her third and fourth albums, Joan Armatrading (1976) and Show Some Emotion (1977), and she continues to play live and record studio albums. A three-time Grammy Award nominee, Armatrading has also been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Armatrading has received more than 2,840,647 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Armatrading is the 1,955th most popular musician (down from 1,415th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Saint Kitts and Nevis (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Kittian and Nevisian Musician.

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  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Joan Armatrading ranks 1,955 out of 3,175Before her are Clem Burke, Zayn Malik, Rex Brown, Mick Karn, Andy Rourke, and Vicki Peterson. After her are Axwell, Will Champion, Gem Archer, M. Balamuralikrishna, David Bedford, and Terry Callier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Joan Armatrading ranks 554Before her are Erin Gray, Viktor Zvyahintsev, Gennadi Manakov, Robert Elswit, Marion Becker, and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz. After her are Dave Stewart, Eijun Kiyokumo, Rolf Rüssmann, Mike Campbell, Kabiné Komara, and Chris Claremont.

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In Saint Kitts and Nevis

Among people born in Saint Kitts and Nevis, Joan Armatrading ranks 5 out of 10Before her are Alexander Hamilton (1755), Tapley Seaton (1950), Cuthbert Sebastian (1921), and Clement Arrindell (1931). After her are Denzil Douglas (1953), Kim Collins (1976), Timothy Harris (1964), Edmund Wickham Lawrence (1932), Keith Gumbs (1972), and Amya Clarke (1999).

Among MUSICIANS In Saint Kitts and Nevis

Among musicians born in Saint Kitts and Nevis, Joan Armatrading ranks 1