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John Waite

1952 - Today

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John Charles Waite (born 4 July 1952) is a British rock singer and musician. As a solo artist, he has released ten studio albums and is best known for the 1984 hit single "Missing You", which reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top ten on the UK Singles Chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Waite has received more than 1,942,725 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Waite is the 2,259th most popular singer (down from 2,109th in 2019), the 5,702nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,285th in 2019) and the 224th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Waites by language

Over the past year John Waite has had the most page views in the with 331,784 views, followed by Spanish (11,415), and German (9,710). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (75.09%), Czech (41.59%), and Egyptian Arabic (38.71%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, John Waite ranks 2,259 out of 4,381. Before him are Miss Kittin, JJ Lin, Brett Anderson, Song Yuqi, Black Francis, and Tayanna. After him are Alan Merrill, Tijana Dapčević, Mildred Bailey, Heather Nova, Aram Mp3, and Paula Cole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, John Waite ranks 655. Before him are Ted Tally, Leon Wilkeson, Jack Wild, Ellen McLain, Billy Powell, and Lajos Rácz. After him are Denís Milar, Nina Zyuskova, Franklin Graham, Wim Meutstege, Rohinton Mistry, and Prakash Jha.

Others Born in 1952

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Waite ranks 5,702 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Dolby (1958), Brett Anderson (1967), David Seidler (1937), William Lashly (1867), Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (1997), and Suella Braverman (1980). After him are Thomas Hill (1829), John Suckling (1609), Harry Hay (1912), Tom Whittaker (1898), Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet (1803), and Chris Larkin (1967).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, John Waite ranks 224. Before him are Paul Jones (1942), Julie Covington (1946), Annie Ross (1930), Tasmin Archer (1963), Ian Brown (1963), and Brett Anderson (1967). After him are Billy Fury (1940), Maxi Priest (1961), Lee Ryan (1983), Anohni (1971), Elizabeth Fraser (1963), and Birdy (1996).

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