MUSICIAN

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 5,922,488 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Michael Stipe is the 657th most popular musician (down from 612th in 2019), the 3,373rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,186th in 2019) and the 199th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michael Stipes by language

Over the past year Michael Stipe has had the most page views in the with 874,065 views, followed by German (69,266), and Spanish (65,992). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (120.38%), Egyptian Arabic (115.27%), and Southern Azerbaijani (67.42%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Michael Stipe ranks 657 out of 3,175. Before him are Manfred Mann, Andrea Guarneri, Marcus Miller, Christian Ferras, Kenny G, and Dick Dale. After him are Alec John Such, Ric Ocasek, Mark Evans, Vasco Rossi, Ma Rainey, and Nicolas de Grigny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Michael Stipe ranks 115. Before him are Jennifer Rush, Yves Leterme, Stefano Casiraghi, Bako Sahakyan, Mehmet Oz, and Aymen Benabderrahmane. After him are Julio César Romero, Hussein al-Houthi, Damon Wayans, Benigno Aquino III, Greta Scacchi, and Tony Goldwyn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Stipe ranks 3,373 out of 20,380. Before him are John Leslie (1945), John Cheever (1912), Caspar Weinberger (1917), Amy Irving (1953), Pharrell Williams (1973), and Amanda Seyfried (1985). After him are William Goldman (1931), Alec John Such (1951), Ric Ocasek (1949), Michael Buffer (1944), Adolphe Menjou (1890), and Michael Cunningham (1952).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Michael Stipe ranks 199. Before him are Steve Gadd (1945), Moondog (1916), Gerry Mulligan (1927), Marcus Miller (1959), Kenny G (1956), and Dick Dale (1937). After him are Alec John Such (1951), Ric Ocasek (1949), Ma Rainey (1886), Mick Mars (1951), Jeff Hanneman (1964), and Chaka Khan (1953).

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