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Midge Ure

1953 - Today

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James "Midge" Ure (; born 10 October 1953) is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim, a hypocorism of his given name. Ure enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids and Visage, and as the second frontman of Ultravox. In 1984, he co-wrote and produced the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which has sold 3.7 million copies in the UK. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Midge Ure has received more than 2,915,535 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Midge Ure is the 823rd most popular singer (down from 673rd in 2019), the 2,453rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,209th in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Midge Ures by language

Over the past year Midge Ure has had the most page views in the with 459,471 views, followed by German (52,486), and Italian (22,193). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (71.19%), Polish (70.95%), and Icelandic (66.84%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Midge Ure ranks 823 out of 4,381. Before him are Serge Lama, Anneke Grönloh, Luis Fonsi, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Blondel de Nesle, and Sandro de América. After him are Mort Shuman, Lobo, Kiki Dee, Signe Toly Anderson, Aaron Kwok, and Peter Frampton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Midge Ure ranks 197. Before him are Ian Khama, Zoran Janković, Gérard Krawczyk, Satoru Nakajima, Edward Lowassa, and Salvatore Garau. After him are Robert Wisdom, Dragan Kićanović, Andreas Vollenweider, Andrey Makarevich, Ante Čačić, and Reinhard Marx.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Midge Ure ranks 2,453 out of 8,785. Before him are Ray Clemence (1948), Auguste Couder (1789), John Osborne (1929), John Evelyn (1620), Richard Robarts (1944), and Egon Pearson (1895). After him are Ernest Marsden (1889), Kiki Dee (1947), John Callen (1946), Galyani Vadhana (1923), Martin Lings (1909), and Fatboy Slim (1963).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Midge Ure ranks 86. Before him are Paul Young (1956), Limahl (1958), Nick Kamen (1962), Jimmy Somerville (1961), Kevin Ayers (1944), and Fish (1958). After him are Kiki Dee (1947), Peter Frampton (1950), Liam Payne (1993), Blaze Bayley (1963), Bryan Johnson (1926), and Elaine Paige (1948).

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