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M.I.A.

1975 - Today

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Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (Tamil: மாதங்கி 'மாயா' அருள்பிரகாசம்; born 18 July 1975), known professionally as M.I.A. (Tamil: எம்.ஐ.ஏ.; an initialism for both "Missing in Action" and "Missing in Acton"), is a British rapper, record producer, songwriter and singer. Her music combines elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop and world music with electronic instruments and samples. Born in London to Sri Lankan Tamil parents, M.I.A. and her family moved to Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka when she was six months old. As a child, she experienced displacement caused by the Sri Lankan Civil War, which made the family return to London as refugees when M.I.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of M.I.A. has received more than 53,661 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). M.I.A. is the 1,506th most popular singer (down from 1,313th in 2019), the 4,038th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,677th in 2019) and the 161st most popular British Singer.

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  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, M.I.A. ranks 1,506 out of 4,381. Before her are François Deguelt, Lolita Milyavskaya, Zemfira, Diane Warren, Mandy Moore, and Valentina Monetta. After her are Esther Phillips, Dannii Minogue, Ewan MacColl, Begum Akhtar, George Thorogood, and Katy Bødtger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, M.I.A. ranks 150. Before her are Rhyno, Judy Greer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Alex Rodriguez, Felix Brych, and Valentina Monetta. After her are Alessio Tacchinardi, Tom DeLonge, James D'Arcy, Eric Szmanda, Luiz Bombonato Goulart, and Heather O'Rourke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, M.I.A. ranks 4,038 out of 8,785. Before her are Douglas Slocombe (1913), George Nares (1831), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Dave Mackay (1934), Jonathan Sacks (1948), and Constance Collier (1878). After her are John Pritchard (1921), Daisy Edgar-Jones (1998), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), Ivor Montagu (1904), and Rose Leslie (1987).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, M.I.A. ranks 161. Before her are Mark Owen (1972), Mel B (1975), Ray Wilson (1968), Alma Cogan (1932), Lisa Stansfield (1966), and Mary Garden (1874). After her are Ewan MacColl (1915), Acker Bilk (1929), Tina Charles (1954), Colin Hay (1953), Spencer Davis (1939), and Ireen Sheer (1949).

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