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Joe Jackson

1954 - Today

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David Ian "Joe" Jackson (born 11 August 1954) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Having spent years studying music and playing clubs, he scored a hit with his first release, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?", in 1979. It was followed by a number of new wave singles, before he moved to more jazz-inflected pop music and had a Top-10 hit in 1982 with "Steppin' Out". Jackson is associated with the 1980s Second British Invasion of the US. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Jackson has received more than 154,104 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Joe Jackson is the 1,301st most popular musician (down from 1,181st in 2019), the 3,427th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,112th in 2019) and the 206th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Joe Jackson ranks 1,301 out of 3,175. Before him are Sven Väth, Jim Keltner, Randy Brecker, Andy Bown, Andrei Gavrilov, and Bert Jansch. After him are Adrian Vandenberg, James Jamerson, Mishary Rashid Alafasy, Steve Jordan, Lou Donaldson, and Bill Frisell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Joe Jackson ranks 308. Before him are Huub Rothengatter, Jozef Barmoš, Annette Haven, Barry Ackroyd, Robert Menasse, and René Girard. After him are Philippe Bergeroo, Fiorella Mannoia, Adrian Vandenberg, Kamal Haasan, Sergei Sidorsky, and Mike Kelley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Jackson ranks 3,427 out of 8,785. Before him are William Tenn (1920), Bert Jansch (1943), Brian Lumley (1937), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), and John O. Westwood (1805). After him are Wilfred Baddeley (1872), Stanley Spencer (1891), E. L. James (1963), Peter Davison (1951), Tony Martin (1957), and Gerrard Winstanley (1609).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Joe Jackson ranks 206. Before him are Nigel Kennedy (1956), Trevor Bolder (1950), Peter Grant (1935), Lee Kerslake (1947), Andy Bown (1946), and Bert Jansch (1943). After him are Peter Maxwell Davies (1934), Neil Murray (1950), John Mayhew (1947), Bernard Sumner (1956), Steve Hogarth (1956), and Jon Hiseman (1944).

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