MUSICIAN

Mike Oldfield

1953 - Today

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Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English retired musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Though primarily a guitarist, Oldfield played a range of instruments, which included keyboards and percussion, as well as vocals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Oldfield has received more than 4,424,424 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Mike Oldfield is the 128th most popular musician (down from 103rd in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 455th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Musician.

Mike Oldfield is most famous for his album Tubular Bells, which was the soundtrack to the 1973 horror film The Exorcist.

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  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mike Oldfield ranks 128 out of 3,175. Before him are Björk, Chris Isaak, Cyndi Lauper, Gary Moore, Nat King Cole, and Jacqueline du Pré. After him are Neil Peart, Fritz Kreisler, Pete Best, Ronnie Wood, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, and Fernando Sor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Mike Oldfield ranks 27. Before him are Carlos Queiroz, Paul Krugman, Fatih Terim, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Daniel Passarella, and Cyndi Lauper. After him are Jean-Marie Pfaff, Paulo Roberto Falcão, Malcolm Young, Ségolène Royal, Peter Stormare, and Manuel Pellegrini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mike Oldfield ranks 520 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), Ælla of Northumbria (800), Archer Martin (1910), Peter Gabriel (1950), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), and Raymond Cattell (1905). After him are John Hicks (1904), Richard Griffiths (1947), William Kidd (1645), Robert Edwards (1925), Mary Anning (1799), and Gerard Butler (1969).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Mike Oldfield ranks 35. Before him are John Bonham (1948), Sid Vicious (1957), Nick Mason (1944), John Dowland (1563), Gary Moore (1952), and Jacqueline du Pré (1945). After him are Ronnie Wood (1947), Roger Glover (1945), Malcolm Young (1953), Chris Slade (1946), Tony Iommi (1948), and George Martin (1926).

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