SINGER

Namie Amuro

1977 - Today

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Namie Amuro ( NAH-mee-AY; in Japanese : 安室 奈美恵, Amuro Namie; born September 20, 1977) is a retired Japanese singer. She rose to prominence as a teen idol, and transitioned into a leading pop artist due to her versatility across music styles and visual presentation. Due to her career reinventions and longevity, she is known as an icon across Japan and Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Namie Amuro has received more than 1,560,765 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Namie Amuro is the 1,158th most popular singer (up from 1,297th in 2019), the 1,170th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,195th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Namie Amuros by language

Over the past year Namie Amuro has had the most page views in the with 682,703 views, followed by English (174,982), and Chinese (140,827). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cantonese (176.86%), Min Dong (149.29%), and Volapük (103.99%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Namie Amuro ranks 1,158 out of 4,381. Before her are Kati Kovács, Ute Lemper, Cilla Black, Hasmik Papian, Ebi, and K. J. Yesudas. After her are Claudine Longet, Lou Rawls, Brigitte Fassbaender, Eva Cassidy, Nate Dogg, and Junior Wells.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Namie Amuro ranks 83. Before her are So Ji-sub, Peter Phillips, Chad Hurley, Dilan Yeşilgöz, Ravshan Irmatov, and Virginie Efira. After her are Kim Hee-sun, Giorgos Karagounis, Hun Manet, Hiro Mashima, Janne Ahonen, and Erika Lust.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Namie Amuro ranks 1,170 out of 6,245. Before her are Masayuki Uemura (1943), Mutsuhiro Watanabe (1918), Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (1902), Ikuo Matsumoto (1941), Yumiko Igarashi (1950), and Yoshiki Tanaka (1952). After her are Takumi Minamino (1995), Noriko Ohara (1935), Banjō Ginga (1948), Kiichiro Higuchi (1888), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), and Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Namie Amuro ranks 9. Before her are Damo Suzuki (1950), Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Miyuki Nakajima (1952), Seiko Matsuda (1962), Joji (1992), and Yumi Matsutoya (1954). After her are Atsushi Sakurai (1966), Izumi Sakai (1967), Akina Nakamori (1965), Tetsuya Komuro (1958), Yoko Kanno (1963), and Hironobu Kageyama (1961).

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