MUSICIAN

Meshell Ndegeocello

1968 - Today

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Meshell Ndegeocello ( mish-EL ən-DAY-gay-oh-CHEL-oh; born Michelle Lynn Johnson on August 29, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on some of her mid-career work. Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences, including funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, reggae and rock. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meshell Ndegeocello has received more than 1,252,412 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Meshell Ndegeocello is the 2,835th most popular musician (down from 2,698th in 2019), the 6,393rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,648th in 2019) and the 127th most popular German Musician.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Meshell Ndegeocello ranks 2,835 out of 3,175Before her are Aurelio Voltaire, Sophie, Kristin Hersh, Daniel Adair, Richard Patrick, and Mick Gordon. After her are Kevin Shirley, Ivan Ilić, Beth Orton, Bernard Butler, Fredrik Åkesson, and Bill Callahan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Meshell Ndegeocello ranks 787Before her are Paul F. Tompkins, Indira Bajramović, Sigifredo Mercado, Károly Güttler, Titus Corlățean, and Richard Patrick. After her are Ben Shenkman, Alex Ferns, Julia Sawalha, Deon Hemmings, Bettany Hughes, and Laila Lalami.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Meshell Ndegeocello ranks 6,393 out of 7,253Before her are Lars Unnerstall (1990), Simone Hauswald (1979), Falk Hentschel (1982), Joan Oumari (1988), Samed Yeşil (1994), and Tolgay Arslan (1990). After her are Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (1974), Timon Wellenreuther (1995), Malik Fathi (1983), Robert Förster (1978), Kristina Schröder (1977), and Sophia Flörsch (2000).

Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Meshell Ndegeocello ranks 127Before her are Lars Vogt (1970), Till Brönner (1971), Apparat (1978), C418 (1989), Klaas (1981), and DJ Manian (1978). After her are Michael Schulte (1990), Mandy Capristo (1990), Felix Jaehn (1994), and Carolina Eyck (1987).