MUSICIAN

Maxwell

1973 - Today

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Gerald Maxwell Rivera (born May 23, 1973), known mononymously as Maxwell, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to prominence following the release of his debut studio album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996), which received widespread acclaim and spawned the hit singles "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" and "Sumthin' Sumthin'". Through the album and its follow ups, Maxwell has been cited—along with Lauryn Hill, D'Angelo, and Erykah Badu—for ushering in the neo soul movement and its sensibilities into mainstream popular music during the late 1990s.He followed up with his second and third albums Embrya (1998) and Now (2001), both of which received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); the latter became his first to debut atop the Billboard 200 chart. His 1999 single, "Fortunate" was released for the R. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxwell has received more than 370,918 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Maxwell is the 3,041st most popular musician (down from 2,788th in 2019), the 18,349th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,656th in 2019) and the 1,277th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 27.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Maxwells by language

Over the past year Maxwell has had the most page views in the with 25,372 views, followed by Japanese (5,300), and French (5,279). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (113.33%), Egyptian Arabic (23.18%), and Arabic (18.22%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Maxwell ranks 3,041 out of 3,175. Before him are James Newman, Lauren Harris, Brian Marshall, Benjamin Burnley, Rob Swire, and Ryan Cabrera. After him are DJ Fresh, Patrick Wolf, Melissa Horn, Jenny Lewis, Panda Bear, and Kardinal Offishall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Maxwell ranks 1,049. Before him are Helga Pedersen, Tomoaki Kuno, Shuichi Mase, Brian Marshall, Ágnes Farkas, and Greg Haughton. After him are Megumu Yoshida, Lee Westwood, Yasushi Fukunaga, Takayuki Suzuki, Arnab Goswami, and Lyubov Galkina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maxwell ranks 18,349 out of 20,380. Before him are Skai Jackson (2002), Benjamin Burnley (1978), Ryan Cabrera (1982), Rachael Ray (1968), Eddie Lewis (1974), and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (1993). After him are Jonathan Levine (1976), Johnny Spillane (1980), Michael Muhney (1975), James Wolk (1985), Carrie Brownstein (1974), and Shannon Brown (1985).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Maxwell ranks 1,277. Before him are Tycho (1977), Porter Robinson (1992), Ariel Pink (1978), Brian Marshall (1973), Benjamin Burnley (1978), and Ryan Cabrera (1982). After him are Jenny Lewis (1976), Panda Bear (1978), Corey Beaulieu (1983), Kate Voegele (1986), Kshmr (1988), and Ski Mask the Slump God (1996).

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