MUSICIAN

Karl Jenkins

1944 - Today

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Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins, , HonFLSW (born 17 February 1944) is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song "Adiemus" (1995, from the Adiemus album series), Palladio (1995), The Armed Man (2000), his Requiem (2005) and his Stabat Mater (2008). Jenkins was educated in music at Cardiff University and the Royal Academy of Music, and he is a fellow and an associate of the latter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Jenkins has received more than 1,251,283 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Jenkins is the 259th most popular musician (down from 240th in 2019), the 930th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 924th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Musician.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Karl Jenkins ranks 259 out of 3,175. Before him are Beck, Wanda Landowska, Chico Buarque, Bob Klose, Toots Thielemans, and Henryk Szeryng. After him are Heinrich Neuhaus, Paul Stanley, Steve Harris, Billy Idol, Eddie Van Halen, and J. J. Cale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Karl Jenkins ranks 106. Before him are Sondra Locke, Ren Zhengfei, Peter Tosh, Brian Tracy, Chico Buarque, and Geneviève Grad. After him are Salvador Sánchez Cerén, Patrick Depailler, Charles Sobhraj, Bo Larsson, Sam Elliott, and Jan-Michael Vincent.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Karl Jenkins ranks 930 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Tallis (1502), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), Terence Stamp (1938), John Dryden (1631), Alan Hodgkin (1914), and Arthur Hailey (1920). After him are Samuel Pepys (1633), John Harvard (1607), Carol Reed (1906), Duncan Edwards (1936), Michael Atiyah (1929), and Rosamunde Pilcher (1924).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Karl Jenkins ranks 55. Before him are Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), Cliff Williams (1949), Alan Parsons (1948), Ian Stewart (1938), Mick Taylor (1949), and Bob Klose (1945). After him are Steve Harris (1956), Billy Idol (1955), PJ Harvey (1969), Keith Moon (1946), Slash (1965), and Roger Daltrey (1944).

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