MUSICIAN

L.A. Reid

1956 - Today

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Antonio Marquis "L.A." Reid (born June 7, 1956) is an American record executive, A&R representative, and record producer. He has served as the chairman and CEO of Epic Records and The Island Def Jam Music Group, as well as the president and CEO of Arista Records. He co-founded the record label Hitco Entertainment in 2017, which was sold to Concord in 2022.Early in his career he was a musician, joining the Ohio R&B bands Pure Essence in 1973, and The Deele (with future business partner Babyface) in 1981 as a drummer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of L.A. Reid has received more than 2,014,168 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. L.A. Reid is the 2,621st most popular musician (down from 2,251st in 2019), the 14,541st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,952nd in 2019) and the 1,086th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of L.A. Reids by language

Over the past year L.A. Reid has had the most page views in the with 186,147 views, followed by French (4,937), and German (3,458). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cantonese (32.58%), Arabic (15.97%), and Swedish (7.50%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, L.A. Reid ranks 2,621 out of 3,175. Before him are Barry Adamson, Chris Pitman, Mike Watt, Renaud Capuçon, Jad Fair, and Tony Rice. After him are John Cooper, Laurent Wolf, Pete Shelley, Daniel Erlandsson, Lustmord, and Petri Lindroos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, L.A. Reid ranks 702. Before him are Sam Brownback, Robin Curtis, Kimberly Beck, Graham Watson, Jorge Olaechea, and Květa Jeriová. After him are Yordan Mitkov, Satish Kaushik, Suren Nalbandyan, Stephen Bray, Jeff Merkley, and Charles L. Bennett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, L.A. Reid ranks 14,541 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Gant (1968), Fannie Ward (1872), Jad Fair (1954), Valerie Plame (1963), Rick Snyder (1958), and Tony Rice (1951). After him are Maiara Walsh (1988), Teresa Graves (1948), Olivia Palermo (1986), John Cooper (1975), Jeremy Sumpter (1989), and J. D. Pardo (1980).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, L.A. Reid ranks 1,086. Before him are Chris Adler (1972), Mike Ness (1962), Chris Pitman (1961), Mike Watt (1957), Jad Fair (1954), and Tony Rice (1951). After him are John Cooper (1975), Dave Abbruzzese (1968), Ross Robinson (1967), Greg Ginn (1954), Bob Johnston (1932), and Madlib (1973).

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