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Marc Almond

1957 - Today

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Peter Mark "Marc" Almond (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer best known from the synth-pop/new wave duo Soft Cell and for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image. He has also had a diverse career as a solo artist. His collaborations include a duet with Gene Pitney on the 1989 UK number one single "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marc Almond has received more than 2,555,250 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Marc Almond is the 1,190th most popular singer (down from 975th in 2019), the 3,230th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,910th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marc Almonds by language

Over the past year Marc Almond has had the most page views in the with 302,083 views, followed by German (41,829), and Italian (21,166). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Romanian (911.11%), Kazakh (197.05%), and Southern Azerbaijani (114.19%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Marc Almond ranks 1,190 out of 4,381. Before him are Roger McGuinn, Susana Baca, Kenny Dorham, Tom Verlaine, Katri Helena, and Paul Day. After him are Francesca Lebrun, Lauritz Melchior, Leo Slezak, The Weeknd, Edda Moser, and Manna Dey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Marc Almond ranks 225. Before him are Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Kathy Najimy, Assumpta Serna, Ikuo Takahara, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, and Judge Reinhold. After him are Ulrich Tukur, Jüri Tamm, Maurizio Arrivabene, Alim Qasimov, Arkadi Ghukasyan, and Jon Lovitz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Marc Almond ranks 3,230 out of 8,785. Before him are Nevile Henderson (1882), Mark Gatiss (1966), Stephen Hendry (1969), Chris Blackwell (1937), Thomas Francis Wade (1818), and Paul Day (1956). After him are Noddy Holder (1946), Peter R. Hunt (1925), John Evans (1823), Lottie Dod (1871), John Lennard-Jones (1894), and Lewis Fry Richardson (1881).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Marc Almond ranks 122. Before him are Pete Ham (1947), Oliver Sykes (1986), Cilla Black (1943), David Sylvian (1958), Lonnie Donegan (1931), and Paul Day (1956). After him are Dave Davies (1947), Mick Hucknall (1960), Tony Christie (1943), Roland Orzabal (1961), Aneka (1947), and Matt Monro (1930).

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