SINGER

Kirsty MacColl

1959 - 2000

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Kirsty Anna MacColl (, mə-KAWL; 10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was a British singer-songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl. She recorded several pop hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and cover versions of Billy Bragg's "A New England" and the Kinks' "Days". Her first single, "They Don't Know", had chart success a few years later when covered by Tracey Ullman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kirsty MacColl has received more than 6,755,332 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kirsty MacColl is the 1,359th most popular singer (up from 2,005th in 2019), the 3,619th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,113th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kirsty MacColl ranks 1,359 out of 4,381. Before her are Richard Bona, Brita Borg, Emma Shapplin, Sara Tavares, Kenan Doğulu, and Inger Berggren. After her are Irina Arkhipova, Luz Casal, Raquel Rastenni, Anneliese Rothenberger, Agathonas Iakovidis, and Tommy Seebach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Kirsty MacColl ranks 256. Before her are Maria Guleghina, Dylan Baker, Crin Antonescu, Tom Arnold, Lobo Carrasco, and Choi Kang-hee. After her are Rahm Emanuel, Fran Walsh, Sito Pons, Martin Brundle, Petra Felke, and Valdemaras Chomičius. Among people deceased in 2000, Kirsty MacColl ranks 221. Before her are Théodore Monod, Erich Kähler, Hélène Prévost, Vicente Asensi, Viktor Kolotov, and Laila Kinnunen. After her are Vincentas Sladkevičius, Tony Cliff, Spyridon Chazapis, Georgiy Gongadze, Corneliu Mănescu, and Adelaida Avagyan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kirsty MacColl ranks 3,619 out of 8,785. Before her are Frederic G. Kenyon (1863), Una O'Connor (1880), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), Emma Thomas (1971), Bill Paterson (1945), and Dave Charlton (1936). After her are Hugh Dancy (1975), Virginia Wade (1945), Thomas Dekker (1572), Emily Ratajkowski (1991), Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932), and Rowan Williams (1950).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Kirsty MacColl ranks 142. Before her are Mick Jones (1944), Sheena Easton (1959), Gary Numan (1958), Imogen Heap (1977), Shirley Manson (1966), and John Paul Young (1950). After her are Ian Hunter (1939), Gwyneth Jones (1936), Calvin Harris (1984), Eric Stewart (1945), Helen Shapiro (1946), and Linda Martin (1952).

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