MUSICIAN

Magne Furuholmen

1962 - Today

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Magne Furuholmen (born 1 November 1962) is a Norwegian musician and visual artist. Also known by his stage name Mags, he is the keyboardist of the synth-pop band A-ha and co-wrote hits such as "Take On Me", "Stay on These Roads", "Manhattan Skyline", "Cry Wolf", "Forever Not Yours", "Analogue (All I Want)", "Minor Earth Major Sky", "Touchy!", "You Are the One", "Move To Memphis" and "Foot of the Mountain". A-ha has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magne Furuholmen has received more than 1,050,872 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Magne Furuholmen is the 1,202nd most popular musician (down from 1,045th in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Norway (down from 230th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Magne Furuholmen ranks 1,202 out of 3,175. Before him are Martin Birch, John Steel, Benjamin Orr, Alexei Lubimov, Timo Tolkki, and Roy Harper. After him are Eberhard Weber, Ignaz Brüll, Paquito D'Rivera, Viktoria Mullova, Donald Fagen, and Gram Parsons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Magne Furuholmen ranks 209. Before him are Hana Mandlíková, Ally Sheedy, Michael Zorc, Yōko Ogawa, Lian Ross, and Mano Menezes. After him are Michael Ball, Michael Andretti, Atiq Rahimi, Janne Andersson, Terence Trent D'Arby, and James Marsters.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Magne Furuholmen ranks 270 out of 1,039. Before him are Hallgeir Brenden (1929), Harriet Bosse (1878), Skule Bårdsson (1189), Kristen Nygaard (1926), Adolph Tidemand (1814), and Vicky Vette (1965). After him are Grete Waitz (1953), Alf Andersen (1906), Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Sigurd Haakonsson (895), Ståle Solbakken (1968), and Erlend Loe (1969).

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Among MUSICIANS In Norway

Among musicians born in Norway, Magne Furuholmen ranks 9. Before him are Ole Bull (1810), Euronymous (1968), Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847), John Norum (1964), Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (1961), and Rolf Løvland (1955). After him are Ketil Bjørnstad (1952), Terje Rypdal (1947), Jan Axel Blomberg (1969), Nils Petter Molvær (1960), Olve Eikemo (1973), and Ian Haugland (1964).

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