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Michael W. Smith

1957 - Today

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Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957) is an American musician who has charted in both contemporary Christian and mainstream charts. His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when "Place in This World" hit No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael W. Smith has received more than 2,312,530 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael W. Smith is the 2,112th most popular singer (down from 1,904th in 2019), the 11,368th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,369th in 2019) and the 556th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michael W. Smiths by language

Over the past year Michael W. Smith has had the most page views in the with 274,238 views, followed by Portuguese (16,568), and Spanish (12,338). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Spanish (28.70%), Indonesian (27.13%), and Portuguese (20.83%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Michael W. Smith ranks 2,112 out of 4,381. Before him are Ernest Tubb, Lindsey Stirling, Mike Tramp, Andrea Corr, Johnny Rebel, and Barbara Pravi. After him are Andrew Wood, Koshi Inaba, Ghostface Killah, Lee Tae-yong, Axelle Red, and Big L.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Michael W. Smith ranks 525. Before him are Peter Sellars, Scott Adams, Plamen Markov, Kari Hotakainen, Daniel Martínez, and Adolphe Muzito. After him are Fatimata M'Baye, Ammar Souayah, Tertius Zongo, David Silverman, Jenifer Lewis, and Geir Ivarsøy.

Others Born in 1957

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael W. Smith ranks 11,368 out of 20,380. Before him are Kamala (1950), Edgar Buchanan (1903), George Siegmann (1882), Cody Rhodes (1985), Carl Levin (1934), and DeHart Hubbard (1903). After him are Julie Gibson (1913), Barbara Crampton (1958), Eddie Lang (1902), Sakina Jaffrey (1962), Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749), and Bonnie Bassler (1962).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Michael W. Smith ranks 556. Before him are Teresa Brewer (1931), Barrett Strong (1941), Samuel Ramey (1942), Ernest Tubb (1914), Lindsey Stirling (1986), and Johnny Rebel (1938). After him are Andrew Wood (1966), Ghostface Killah (1970), Big L (1974), Meg White (1974), Marcus Mumford (1987), and Jerry Vale (1930).

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