MUSICIAN

Mark King

1958 - Today

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Mark Raymond King (born 20 October 1958) is an English musician. He is the lead singer and bassist of the jazz-funk band Level 42. King is known for his slap style of playing the bass guitar, with MusicRadar describing him as "the guy who put the slap in pop during the 80s". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark King has received more than 34,454 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark King is the 1,992nd most popular musician (down from 1,768th in 2019), the 5,039th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,467th in 2019) and the 335th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 34k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mark Kings by language

Over the past year Mark King has had the most page views in the with 11,425 views, followed by Spanish (9,494), and Dutch (8,426). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (36.17%), Norwegian (Nynorsk) (34.69%), and Arabic (32.45%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mark King ranks 1,992 out of 3,175. Before him are Boris Berezovsky, Josh Homme, Patricia Barber, Richard Fortus, Clive Bunker, and Jonny Buckland. After him are Renée Fleming, Woody Shaw, Richard Barbieri, Sven Erik Kristiansen, Amjad Ali Khan, and Magic Slim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Mark King ranks 442. Before him are Patricia Espinosa, Raja Gosnell, James Wilby, Grigol Vashadze, Amy Pascal, and Mariem Hassan. After him are Veselin Vuković, Neville Southall, Satoshi Tezuka, Gianni Alemanno, Rick Rude, and Scott Rudin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark King ranks 5,039 out of 8,785. Before him are Charlie Cox (1982), Clive Bunker (1946), Jonny Buckland (1977), Geraint Thomas (1986), Gordon Pirie (1931), and Ian McDonald (1960). After him are Ælfheah of Canterbury (954), Ann Packer (1942), Neville Southall (1958), Bruce Robinson (1946), James Jones (1873), and Jessie J (1988).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Mark King ranks 335. Before him are Guy Fletcher (1960), Eddie Jobson (1955), Richie Hawtin (1970), Guy Pratt (1962), Clive Bunker (1946), and Jonny Buckland (1977). After him are Richard Barbieri (1957), Richard Tandy (1948), Danny Kirwan (1950), John Edwards (1953), Rod Temperton (1949), and Philip Selway (1967).

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