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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 143,095 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Joe Jackson is the 1,184th most popular musician (up from 1,296th in 2019), the 3,120th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,387th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Joe Jackson ranks 1,184 out of 2,662. Before him are Joey Kramer, James Jamerson, Suga, Francis Buchholz, Jason Bonham, and John Abercrombie. After him are Enrique Fernández Arbós, Max von Schillings, Pepe Romero, Barry Hay, Gene Pitney, and Larry Van Kriedt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Joe Jackson ranks 235. Before him are Joep Lange, Ken Stott, Mario Testino, Graziano Rossi, Francis Buchholz, and Vladimir Drinfeld. After him are Yumi Matsutoya, Joseph-Antoine Bell, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Larry Van Kriedt, Bob Rock, and Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Jackson ranks 3,120 out of 7,765. Before him are Jason Bonham (1966), David Dunbar Buick (1854), David Sylvian (1958), Steve Bloomer (1874), Richard Cobden (1804), and Verney Lovett Cameron (1844). After him are John Houlding (1833), Clements Markham (1830), Christiane Amanpour (1958), Jonathan Nolan (1976), Thomas Bewick (1753), and Vic Elford (1935).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Joe Jackson ranks 193. Before him are Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957), Peter Grant (1935), John McVie (1945), Steven Wilson (1967), Gerald Moore (1899), and Jason Bonham (1966). After him are Bert Jansch (1943), Jimmie Nicol (1939), Spike Edney (1951), Mick Jones (1955), Elton Dean (1945), and Tony Kaye (1945).

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