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Mick Karn

1958 - 2011

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Andonis Michaelides (Greek: Αντώνης Μιχαηλίδης; 24 July 1958 – 4 January 2011), better known as Mick Karn, was an English-Cypriot musician and songwriter who rose to fame as the bassist for the art rock/new wave band Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mick Karn has received more than 591,294 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Mick Karn is the 1,952nd most popular musician (down from 1,828th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Cyprus (down from 39th in 2019) and the most popular Cypriot Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mick Karn ranks 1,952 out of 3,175. Before him are Keiko Matsui, Steve Coleman, Juan Atkins, Clem Burke, Zayn Malik, and Rex Brown. After him are Andy Rourke, Vicki Peterson, Joan Armatrading, Axwell, Will Champion, and Gem Archer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Mick Karn ranks 424. Before him are Chibly Langlois, Christopher Young, Antoine Kambanda, Eduard Azaryan, Alexander Wendt, and Santiago Urquiaga. After him are Vicki Peterson, Jean-Marc Aveline, Wendie Jo Sperber, Frank Ullrich, Tsetska Tsacheva, and Angela Hewitt. Among people deceased in 2011, Mick Karn ranks 410. Before him are Arthur Laurents, Clement Arrindell, Sylvia Robinson, Peggy Rea, Knut Steen, and Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck. After him are Ed Macauley, David Bedford, Vittorio Arrigoni, Taiji, Ignacio Flores, and Betty Garrett.

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In Cyprus

Among people born in Cyprus, Mick Karn ranks 47 out of 77. Before him are Paul IV of Constantinople (null), John II of Jerusalem (1260), Ünal Üstel (1955), Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis (1949), Stella Kyriakides (1956), and Aristobulus of Britannia (-50). After him are Ivi Adamou (1993), Marcos Baghdatis (1985), Evridiki (1968), Loukas Giorkas (1986), Sibel Siber (1960), and Michalis Konstantinou (1978).

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Among MUSICIANS In Cyprus

Among musicians born in Cyprus, Mick Karn ranks 1. 

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