SINGER

Linda Martin

1952 - Today

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Linda Martin (born 27 March 1952) is a Northern Irish singer and television presenter. She is best known as the winner of the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest during which she represented Ireland with the song "Why Me?", the first of a record three consecutive wins by Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Linda Martin has received more than 374,104 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Linda Martin is the 1,408th most popular singer (down from 1,262nd in 2019), the 3,775th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,571st in 2019) and the 148th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Linda Martin ranks 1,408 out of 4,381. Before her are Anita Hegerland, Sylvia Vrethammar, Little Eva, Maya Kristalinskaya, Betty Davis, and Chris Roberts. After her are Ellen Allien, Vic Damone, León Gieco, André Hazes, Hironobu Kageyama, and Vikki Carr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Linda Martin ranks 397. Before her are Kama Sywor Kamanda, Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher, Rachel Chagall, Uri Ariel, Francesco Clemente, and Hasse Backe. After her are Alan Clark, Sergei Sviatchenko, Vyacheslav Lemeshev, Tomas Ledin, Monika Zehrt, and Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Linda Martin ranks 3,775 out of 8,785. Before her are Horatio Caro (1862), Gordon Strachan (1957), Jay Kay (1969), Michael Rennie (1909), George Borrow (1803), and Vivian Woodward (1879). After her are John Grierson (1898), Godfrey Rampling (1909), Martin Gilbert (1936), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), Alan Clark (1952), and John Peckham (1227).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Linda Martin ranks 148. Before her are Kirsty MacColl (1959), Ian Hunter (1939), Gwyneth Jones (1936), Calvin Harris (1984), Eric Stewart (1945), and Helen Shapiro (1946). After her are Barney Greenway (1969), Allan Clarke (1942), Peter Murphy (1957), Phil Mogg (1948), Jim Kerr (1959), and Curt Smith (1961).

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