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Jon Anderson

1944 - Today

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Jon Anderson (born John Roy Anderson, 25 October 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the former lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassist Chris Squire. Renowned for his alto tenor range, he was a member of the band across three tenures until 2004, and was also the singer of the Yes-linked projects Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe and Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Anderson has received more than 3,054,663 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Jon Anderson is the 355th most popular singer (down from 346th in 2019), the 1,264th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,313th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jon Anderson ranks 355 out of 4,381. Before him are Rubén Blades, Solomon Burke, Pinetop Perkins, Kemal Monteno, Susan Boyle, and Dusty Springfield. After him are Salomé, Linda Ronstadt, Gal Costa, Tarja Turunen, Peng Liyuan, and Mango.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jon Anderson ranks 158. Before him are Mary Robinson, Carlos Pace, Everaldo, Tommie Smith, Sergei Belov, and Denny Laine. After him are Sirhan Sirhan, Frances de la Tour, Kemal Sunal, Yury Romanenko, Albert Hammond, and Bernard Tschumi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jon Anderson ranks 1,264 out of 8,785. Before him are Denny Laine (1944), A. S. Byatt (1936), Andy Fletcher (1961), R. G. Collingwood (1889), Susan Boyle (1961), and Dusty Springfield (1939). After him are Harold Shipman (1946), David Chipperfield (1953), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Hudson Taylor (1832), Joseph Needham (1900), and Ceawlin of Wessex (600).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Jon Anderson ranks 41. Before him are Sarah Brightman (1960), Marc Bolan (1947), Black (1962), Dave Evans (1953), Susan Boyle (1961), and Dusty Springfield (1939). After him are David Byron (1947), Shirley Bassey (1937), Albert Hammond (1944), Seal (1963), Malcolm McLaren (1946), and Gary Brooker (1945).

British born Singers

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