MUSICIAN

Jóhann Jóhannsson

1969 - 2018

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Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈjouːhan ˈjouːhansɔn]; 19 September 1969 – 9 February 2018) was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, television, and film. His work is stylised by its blending of traditional orchestration with contemporary electronic elements.Jóhann released solo albums from 2002 onward. In 2016, he signed with Deutsche Grammophon, through which he released his last solo album, Orphée. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jóhann Jóhannsson has received more than 2,879,070 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Jóhann Jóhannsson is the 1,502nd most popular musician (down from 959th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 41st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Icelander Musician.

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  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Jóhann Jóhannsson has had the most page views in the with 236,439 views, followed by German (29,715), and Spanish (19,541). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (149.87%), Southern Azerbaijani (66.26%), and Russian (58.58%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jóhann Jóhannsson ranks 1,502 out of 3,175. Before him are Skrillex, Mana, Carol Kaye, Masaharu Fukuyama, Tommy Johnson, and Jim Capaldi. After him are Albert Lee, Vasily Andreyev, Jimmy Dorsey, Simon Gallup, John Dolmayan, and Elton Dean.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Jóhann Jóhannsson ranks 244. Before him are Masrour Barzani, Jan Axel Blomberg, Lotay Tshering, Mana, Masaharu Fukuyama, and Yariv Levin. After him are Ilie Dumitrescu, Marco Bode, Ilham Tohti, Elizabeth Gilbert, Saša Obradović, and Elliott Smith. Among people deceased in 2018, Jóhann Jóhannsson ranks 352. Before him are Dariush Shayegan, Ray Wilkins, Mohammed Hazzaz, Leo Falcam, Daša Drndić, and Glenn Branca. After him are Viktor Kanevskyi, Philippe Gondet, E. C. George Sudarshan, Doina Cornea, Nikolai Volkoff, and Big Van Vader.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jóhann Jóhannsson ranks 68 out of 190. Before him are Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947), Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1948), Bjarni Benediktsson (1970), and Jóhann Hafstein (1915). After him are Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876), Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867), and Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913).

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Among MUSICIANS In Iceland

Among musicians born in Iceland, Jóhann Jóhannsson ranks 2. Before him are Björk (1965). After him are Hildur Guðnadóttir (1982), Jónsi (1975), Ólafur Arnalds (1986), Kjartan Sveinsson (1978), and Georg Hólm (1976).

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