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 2,424,184 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Lucky Dube is the 1,910th most popular musician (down from 1,806th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular South African Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lucky Dube ranks 1,910 out of 3,175. Before him are Igor Presnyakov, Cherie Currie, Jeff Healey, Gene Ammons, Neil Innes, and Les Brown. After him are Alison Sudol, Jonas Berggren, Rupert Holmes, Mauro Maur, Tobias Sammet, and Michael Landau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Lucky Dube ranks 356. Before him are Magnar Isaksen, Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Vasile Deheleanu, Felipe Rosas, Gordon B. Hinckley, and József Várszegi. After him are Peter Hirt, Mae Clarke, Herbert Adamski, Hilda Strike, Charles Kieffer, and Jimmy Murphy. Among people deceased in 1964, Lucky Dube ranks 190. Before him are Joe Gaetjens, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, C. J. Hambro, Stuart Davis, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, and Milton Margai. After him are Diana Wynyard, Nella Larsen, Anna J. Cooper, James Chapin, Edward Van Sloan, and Adele Goldstine.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Lucky Dube ranks 159 out of 454. Before him are J. L. B. Smith (1897), Cecil McMaster (1895), Cariba Heine (1988), Benni McCarthy (1977), Desiré Wilson (1953), and Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981). After him are Yolandi Visser (1984), Candice Swanepoel (1988), Richard Goldstone (1938), Gordon Hodgson (1904), Paddy Driver (1934), and Trevor Blokdyk (1935).

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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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