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Klaus Meine

1948 - Today

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Klaus Meine (German pronunciation: [klaʊs ˈmaɪnə]; born 25 May 1948) is a German singer, best known as the longtime frontman and primary lyricist of the hard rock band Scorpions. Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schenker are the only two members of the group to appear on every Scorpions album, though he did not join the band until 1969, four years after its founding. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus Meine has received more than 2,145,948 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Klaus Meine is the 83rd most popular singer (down from 68th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Germany (down from 402nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Singer.

Klaus Meine is most famous for being the lead singer of the band Scorpions.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Klaus Meine ranks 83 out of 4,381. Before him are Morrissey, Diana Ross, Karel Gott, Anna Magdalena Bach, France Gall, and Gwen Stefani. After him are Johnny Hallyday, Rihanna, Alla Pugacheva, Françoise Hardy, Lata Mangeshkar, and Anatoliy Solovianenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Klaus Meine ranks 28. Before him are Sven-Göran Eriksson, Andrzej Sapkowski, Abdulrazak Gurnah, John R. Bolton, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and Maurizio Gucci. After him are George Tupou V, George R. R. Martin, Kathy Bates, Alice Cooper, Donna Summer, and Patrizia Reggiani.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus Meine ranks 436 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg von Küchler (1881), Carol I of Romania (1839), Uwe Seeler (1936), Elsa Einstein (1876), Martin Waldseemüller (1470), and Gerhard Domagk (1895). After him are Felix Klein (1849), Hans Krebs (1898), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Walther Bothe (1891), Louis the Child (893), and Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662).

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Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Klaus Meine ranks 3. Before him are Nico (1938), and Anna Magdalena Bach (1701). After him are Dieter Bohlen (1954), Nina Hagen (1955), Sandra (1962), Constanze Mozart (1762), Thomas Anders (1963), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925), Ivan Rebroff (1931), Nena (1960), and Marian Gold (1954).

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