SINGER

John Farnham

1949 - Today

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John Peter Farnham AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British-born Australian singer. Farnham was a teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed until then as Johnny Farnham. He has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Farnham has received more than 2,272,181 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). John Farnham is the 1,672nd most popular singer (down from 1,372nd in 2019), the 4,483rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,817th in 2019) and the 180th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Farnhams by language

Over the past year John Farnham has had the most page views in the with 465,339 views, followed by German (24,552), and Spanish (8,046). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (130.37%), Hungarian (22.82%), and Catalan (18.02%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, John Farnham ranks 1,672 out of 4,381. Before him are Svante Thuresson, Imany, Taeyang, Silvi Vrait, Paul Carrack, and Kelly Rowland. After him are Jo Stafford, Norman Greenbaum, Loleatta Holloway, Yesung, Eva Dahlgren, and Tina Karol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, John Farnham ranks 549. Before him are Paruyr Hayrikyan, James Wani Igga, Armin Shimerman, Mavuba Mafuila, Hildegard Falck, and Jack McGee. After him are Michael Hogan, David A. Johnston, Roy Andersson, Keto Losaberidze, Richard Neal, and Serhiy Novikov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Farnham ranks 4,483 out of 8,785. Before him are Anne-Marie Duff (1970), John Aitken (1839), Augustus John (1878), Barnes Wallis (1887), Richard Taylor (1962), and William Sterndale Bennett (1816). After him are Sam Tingle (1921), Jonathan Lynn (1943), Jimmy Stewart (1931), Alan Cottrell (1919), Charles Henry Bartlett (1885), and Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, John Farnham ranks 180. Before him are Tricky (1968), Emma Kirkby (1949), Vashti Bunyan (1945), Justin Hayward (1946), Sophie Ellis-Bextor (1979), and Paul Carrack (1951). After him are Heather Harper (1930), Tom Odell (1990), Long John Baldry (1941), Lynsey de Paul (1948), Alex Kapranos (1972), and Simon Fuller (1960).

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