MUSICIAN

John Taylor

1960 - Today

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Nigel John Taylor (born 20 June 1960) is a British musician who is best known as the bass guitarist for new wave band Duran Duran, of which he was a founding member. Duran Duran was one of the most popular bands in the world during the 1980s due in part to their music videos which played in heavy rotation in the early days of MTV. Taylor played with Duran Duran from its founding in 1978 until 1997, when he left to pursue a solo recording and film career. He recorded a dozen solo releases (albums, EPs, and video projects) through his private record label B5 Records over the next four years, had a lead role in the movie Sugar Town, and made appearances in a half dozen other film projects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Taylor has received more than 147,461 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. John Taylor is the 1,488th most popular musician (up from 1,587th in 2019), the 3,901st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,070th in 2019) and the 236th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, John Taylor ranks 1,488 out of 3,175. Before him are Nancy Wilson, Eddie Gómez, John Ogdon, King Tubby, Mikhail Krug, and Charlie Byrd. After him are Alexander Dreyschock, Jan Axel Blomberg, Esbjörn Svensson, Sonny Fortune, Zhanna Bichevskaya, and Tim Sköld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, John Taylor ranks 283. Before him are Artur Yusupov, Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis, Cherie Chung, Bushra al-Assad, Hiromi Tsuru, and Olaf Ludwig. After him are Greg Louganis, Arnaud Desplechin, Chris Elliott, Barbara Broccoli, Simon Gallup, and Takashi Tezuka.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Taylor ranks 3,901 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Mark Owen (1972), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), George Williams (1821), David McKee (1935), and Charles Bennett (1870). After him are William Townsend Aiton (1766), Guy Butler (1899), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Archibald Geikie (1835), Richard Attwood (1940), and Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey (1880).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, John Taylor ranks 236. Before him are Paul Kossoff (1950), Clifford Curzon (1907), Beth Gibbons (1965), Spike Edney (1951), Sharleen Spiteri (1967), and John Ogdon (1937). After him are Jim Capaldi (1944), Albert Lee (1943), Simon Gallup (1960), Elton Dean (1945), Liam Howlett (1971), and Michael Giles (1942).

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