MUSICIAN

Joanna Newsom

1982 - Today

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Joanna Caroline Newsom (born January 18, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Northern California, Newsom was classically trained on the harp in her youth and began her musical career as a keyboardist in the San Francisco-based indie band the Pleased. After recording and self-releasing two EPs in 2002, Newsom was signed to the independent label Drag City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joanna Newsom has received more than 8,199,826 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Joanna Newsom is the 2,668th most popular musician (down from 2,354th in 2019), the 14,892nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,612th in 2019) and the 1,104th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Joanna Newsoms by language

Over the past year Joanna Newsom has had the most page views in the with 769,947 views, followed by German (29,002), and French (23,055). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Slovak (78.85%), Catalan (65.12%), and Afrikaans (56.24%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Joanna Newsom ranks 2,668 out of 3,175Before her are Rachael Yamagata, Dhani Harrison, Michael Kiwanuka, Warren Ellis, Ermal Meta, and Shahin Najafi. After her are Wallace Roney, Troy McLawhorn, Dan Swanö, Billy Gould, Brenda Russell, and Orianthi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Joanna Newsom ranks 455Before her are Keri Hilson, Ilhan Omar, Natalya Neidhart, Sofia Jannok, Zersenay Tadese, and Tyron Woodley. After her are Aya Cash, Dascha Polanco, Olga Fonda, Mickaël Piétrus, Malú, and Nikolay Apalikov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joanna Newsom ranks 14,892 out of 20,380Before her are Christopher Abbott (1986), Ray Lumpp (1923), Mary Lou Retton (1968), Marc Maron (1963), Jim Doyle (1945), and Sidney Lanier (1842). After her are Laurie Bartram (1958), Ted Jensen (1954), Wallace Roney (1960), Angela Bettis (1973), Robert J. Cenker (1948), and Lisa Loeb (1968).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Joanna Newsom ranks 1,104Before her are Phoebe Snow (1950), Bradley Joseph (1965), Mark Linkous (1962), Mitch Harris (1969), Terence Blanchard (1962), and Rachael Yamagata (1977). After her are Wallace Roney (1960), Troy McLawhorn (1968), Billy Gould (1963), Brenda Russell (1949), Josh Dun (1988), and Norman Petty (1927).