MUSICIAN

Mika

1983 - Today

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Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr. (born 18 August 1983), known professionally as Mika ( MEE-kə, stylised in all caps), is a singer-songwriter born in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Paris and London. After recording his first extended play, Dodgy Holiday, Mika was predicted to be the number-one breakthrough act of 2007 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mika has received more than 377,862 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Mika is the 772nd most popular musician (up from 810th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 74th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lebanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mika ranks 772 out of 3,175. Before him are Giorgio Gaber, Bob Seger, Auguste Franchomme, Charly García, José José, and Sam Phillips. After him are Mick Box, Earl Hines, Klaus Tennstedt, Carl Palmer, Paul van Dyk, and Billy Sheehan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Mika ranks 28. Before him are Mila Kunis, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Mélanie Laurent, José Antonio Reyes, Álvaro Arbeloa, and Meryem Uzerli. After him are Claudio Bravo, Nancy Ajram, Dante, Fred, Alina Kabaeva, and Juan Guaidó.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Mika ranks 83 out of 145. Before him are Charles Helou (1913), Hassan Diab (1959), Callinicus of Heliopolis (700), Georgina Rizk (1953), Antoun Saadeh (1904), and Haifa Wehbe (1976). After him are Bashir Shihab II (1767), Nancy Ajram (1983), Butrus al-Bustani (1819), Fayza Ahmed (1934), Tigran Mansurian (1939), and Rashid Karami (1921).

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Among MUSICIANS In Lebanon

Among musicians born in Lebanon, Mika ranks 2. Before him are Serj Tankian (1967). After him are Rabih Abou-Khalil (1957), John Dolmayan (1973), Ara Malikian (1968), and Ibrahim Maalouf (1980).

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