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Michael Jackson

1958 - 2009

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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Known as the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. During his four-decade career, his contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Jackson has received more than 80,080,280 page views. His biography is available in 258 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 247 in 2019). Michael Jackson is the most popular musician (up from 3rd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from United States (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular American Musician.

Michael Jackson is most famous for being an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. He was the lead singer of the Jackson 5, and was known as the "King of Pop."

Memorability Metrics

  • 80M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 88.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 258

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 22.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Page views of Michael Jacksons by language

Over the past year Michael Jackson has had the most page views in the with 10,359,626 views, followed by Spanish (2,344,009), and Russian (1,100,145). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Xhosa (1,748.31%), (905.43%), and Mirandese (597.99%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Michael Jackson ranks 1 out of 3,175. After him are Bob Marley, Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury, Franz Liszt, Niccolò Paganini, John Lennon, Clara Schumann, Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan, Elton John, and Jimi Hendrix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Michael Jackson ranks 1. After him are Ursula von der Leyen, Madonna, Olaf Scholz, Tim Burton, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Andrea Bocelli, Sharon Stone, Gary Oldman, Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Kate Bush, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Among people deceased in 2009, Michael Jackson ranks 1. After him are Patrick Swayze, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Kim Dae-jung, Millvina Dean, Corazon Aquino, Paul Samuelson, Roh Moo-hyun, Aage Bohr, Omar Bongo, Pina Bausch, and Maurice Jarre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Jackson ranks 6 out of 20,380. Before him are Donald Trump (1946), Thomas Jefferson (1743), Thomas Edison (1847), Muhammad Ali (1942), and Jimmy Carter (1924). After him are Richard Nixon (1913), Edgar Allan Poe (1809), Sylvester Stallone (1946), Steve Jobs (1955), Andrew Jackson (1767), and Marilyn Monroe (1926).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Michael Jackson ranks 1. After him are Louis Armstrong (1901), Bob Dylan (1941), Jimi Hendrix (1942), Madonna (1958), Ray Charles (1930), Scatman John (1942), Frank Zappa (1940), Brian Wilson (1942), Chuck Berry (1926), Ronnie James Dio (1942), and Miles Davis (1926).

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