SINGER

Mylène Farmer

1961 - Today

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Mylène Jeanne Gautier (French: [milɛn ʒan ɡotje]; born 12 September 1961), known professionally as Mylène Farmer (pronounced [milɛn faʁmœʁ]), is a French singer and songwriter. Having sold more than 30 million records worldwide, she is among the most successful recording artists of all time in France, where she holds the record for the most number one hit singles, with twenty-one – eight of which were consecutive.Born in Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada (a former city now part of the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro), to French parents, the family soon relocated to Chaville, near Paris, where Farmer pursued a career in modelling and acting. She later gained prominence as a recording artist with the release of her debut single "Maman a tort" in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mylène Farmer has received more than 1,472,493 page views. Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Mylène Farmer is the 213th most popular singer (up from 260th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Canada (up from 71st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mylène Farmers by language

Over the past year Mylène Farmer has had the most page views in the with 1,074,593 views, followed by English (217,075), and Russian (215,544). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Croatian (88.84%), Southern Azerbaijani (82.55%), and Egyptian Arabic (66.94%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Mylène Farmer ranks 213 out of 4,381. Before her are Dr. Dre, Mariska Veres, Britney Spears, Asmahan, Kris Kristofferson, and Caterina Valente. After her are Boris Christoff, Etta James, Chavela Vargas, George Benson, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and Vicky Leandros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Mylène Farmer ranks 35. Before her are James Gandolfini, António Costa, Dennis Rodman, Andoni Zubizarreta, Tim Roth, and Élisabeth Borne. After her are Dave Mustaine, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Henry Rollins, Alfonso Cuarón, Tom Ford, and Dmitry Muratov.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Mylène Farmer ranks 56 out of 1,622. Before her are Charles Brenton Huggins (1901), Ryan Gosling (1980), Oscar Peterson (1925), Lois Maxwell (1927), Maye Musk (1948), and David Easton (1917). After her are Mack Sennett (1880), Norman Jewison (1926), Maud Lewis (1903), John Candy (1950), Brian Tracy (1944), and Donald O. Hebb (1904).

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Among SINGERS In Canada

Among singers born in Canada, Mylène Farmer ranks 5. Before her are Celine Dion (1968), Bryan Adams (1959), Drake (1986), and Paul Anka (1941). After her are Denny Doherty (1940), Justin Bieber (1994), Shania Twain (1965), Shawn Mendes (1998), Nelly Furtado (1978), Alanis Morissette (1974), and Michael Bublé (1975).

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