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MUSICIAN

Lucky Dube

1910 - 1964

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Lucky Philip Dube (pronounced duu-beh; 3 August 1964 – 18 October 2007) was a South African reggae musician and Rastafarian. His record sales across the world earned him the Best Selling African Musician prize at the 1996 World Music Awards. In his lyrics, Dube discussed issues affecting South Africans and Africans in general to a global audience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucky Dube has received more than 2,272,566 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Lucky Dube is the 1,812th most popular musician (down from 1,717th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 135th in 2019) and the 6th most popular South African Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lucky Dube ranks 1,812 out of 2,662. Before him are Meade Lux Lewis, Don Williams, Tracii Guns, Phil Collen, Leeroy Thornhill, and Chris Wolstenholme. After him are Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, Scott Gorham, Kyle Eastwood, The Proclaimers, Richie Ramone, and Dave Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Lucky Dube ranks 322. Before him are Hilda Strike, Jack Shea, Gordon B. Hinckley, Alois Schnabel, John Hunt, Baron Hunt, and Francis Johnson. After him are Peter Hirt, Gavino Matta, Carl Knowles, Jack Lovelock, Tom Richards, and Alexandru Cuedan. Among people deceased in 1964, Lucky Dube ranks 182. Before him are Carlos Hevia, Jack Teagarden, Milton Margai, José María Belauste, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and Meade Lux Lewis. After him are Montgomery Wilson, C. I. Lewis, Fred Tootell, Branislav Hrnjiček, Diana Wynyard, and Anna J. Cooper.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Lucky Dube ranks 144 out of 374. Before him are Elsa Joubert (1922), Francois Botha (1968), Phillip V. Tobias (1925), Ruth First (1925), Gavin Hood (1963), and Peter de Klerk (1935). After him are Helen Zille (1951), Constand Viljoen (1933), Mzilikazi (1790), Francois Pienaar (1967), Sid James (1913), and Yolandi Visser (1984).

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Among MUSICIANS In South Africa

Among musicians born in South Africa, Lucky Dube ranks 6. Before him are Manfred Mann (1940), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), Trevor Rabin (1954), Hugh Masekela (1939), and Eddie Kramer (1942). After him are Kevin Shirley (1960) and J. R. Rotem (1975).

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