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Michael Stipe

1960 - Today

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John Michael Stipe (; born January 4, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of alternative rock band R.E.M. Possessing a distinctive voice, Stipe has been noted for the "mumbling" style of his early career. Since the mid-1980s, Stipe has sung in "wailing, keening, arching vocal figures" that R.E.M. biographer David Buckley compared to Celtic folk artists and Muslim muezzin. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual aspect, often selecting album artwork and directing many of the band's music videos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Stipe has received more than 5,984,866 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Michael Stipe is the 614th most popular musician (up from 675th in 2019), the 3,194th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,432nd in 2019) and the 189th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Michael Stipe ranks 614 out of 2,662. Before him are Marty Friedman, Frank Beard, Mark Hollis, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Enrico Toselli, and GG Allin. After him are Chaka Khan, Kenny Clarke, Robert Palmer, Horace Silver, Peter Cetera, and Ric Ocasek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Michael Stipe ranks 101. Before him are Temuera Morrison, Susanne Bier, Jennifer Rush, Laurent Fignon, Stefano Casiraghi, and Daniel Baldwin. After him are Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Abdellatif Kechiche, Axel Rudi Pell, Yves Leterme, Greta Scacchi, and Mauro Tassotti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Stipe ranks 3,194 out of 18,182. Before him are Richard Lester (1932), Jim Thompson (1906), Gregg L. Semenza (1956), Joe Viterelli (1937), Anthony Edwards (1962), and Richard Anderson (1926). After him are Bobby Kimball (1947), Robert Stroud (1890), Johnny Sins (1978), Thomas Newman (1955), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), and Lindsay Lohan (1986).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Michael Stipe ranks 189. Before him are Ben Webster (1909), Dick Dale (1937), Jeff Buckley (1966), Marty Friedman (1962), Frank Beard (1949), and GG Allin (1956). After him are Chaka Khan (1953), Kenny Clarke (1914), Horace Silver (1928), Peter Cetera (1944), Ric Ocasek (1949), and Suzanne Vega (1959).

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