1977 - Today
Ye ( YAY; born Kanye Omari West KAHN-yay; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. One of the world's best-selling music artists with 160 million records sold, West has won 24 Grammy Awards, the joint tenth-most of all time and most awarded for any hip hop artist jointly with Jay-Z. His other accolades include a Billboard Artist Achievement Award, a joint-record three Brit Awards for Best International Male Solo Artist and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.West's first six solo albums—The College Dropout (2004), Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007), 808s & Heartbreak (2008), My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010), and Yeezus (2013)—were included on Rolling Stone's 2020 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list with the same publication naming him one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. He also released the collaborative albums Watch the Throne (2011) with Jay-Z and Kids See Ghosts (2018) with Kid Cudi. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kanye West has received more than 61,811,392 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia. Kanye West is the 363rd most popular singer (down from 277th in 2019), the 2,259th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,809th in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Kanye West ranks 363 out of 3,528. Before him are Anastacia, Alizée, Chris Brown, Denny Doherty, Manuel García, and Joe Lynn Turner. After him are Laura Pausini, Sabah, Giuditta Pasta, Šaban Šaulić, Selena Gomez, and Thalía.
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 357
1984 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 358
1989 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 359
1940 - 2007
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 360
1775 - 1832
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 361
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 362
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 363
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 364
1927 - 2014
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 365
1797 - 1865
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 366
1951 - 2019
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 367
1992 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 368
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 369
Among people born in 1977, Kanye West ranks 21. Before him are David Trezeguet, Jessica Chastain, Deco, Tarja Turunen, Chris Martin, and Hidetoshi Nakata. After him are Chad Hurley, Sarah Wayne Callies, Natalia Oreiro, Brittany Murphy, Antonio Di Natale, and Mark van Bommel.
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 15
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 16
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 17
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 18
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 19
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 20
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 21
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 22
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 23
1977 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 24
1977 - 2009
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 25
1977 - Present
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 26
1977 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 27
Among people born in United States, Kanye West ranks 2,259 out of 18,182. Before him are Fred Haise (1933), William A. Wellman (1896), Pat Hingle (1924), Joe Lynn Turner (1951), George Wallace (1919), and Jessica Biel (1982). After him are Maxwell D. Taylor (1901), Gia Carangi (1960), Duane Allman (1946), Daniel McFadden (1937), Bill Tilden (1893), and Josh Duhamel (1972).
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 2,253
1896 - 1975
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 2,254
1924 - 2009
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 2,255
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 2,256
1919 - 1998
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 2,257
1982 - Present
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 2,258
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 2,259
1901 - 1987
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 2,260
1960 - 1986
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 2,261
1946 - 1971
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 2,262
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 2,263
1893 - 1953
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 2,264
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 2,265
Among singers born in United States, Kanye West ranks 114. Before him are Marc Anthony (1968), Neil Sedaka (1939), Ricky Nelson (1940), Anastacia (1968), Chris Brown (1989), and Joe Lynn Turner (1951). After him are Selena Gomez (1992), LP (1981), Selena (1971), Katy Perry (1984), Harry Nilsson (1941), and Karen Carpenter (1950).
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 108
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 109
1940 - 1985
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 110
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 111
1989 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 112
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 113
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 114
1992 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 115
1981 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 116
1971 - 1995
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 117
1984 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 118
1941 - 1994
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 119
1950 - 1983
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 120