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Neil Young

1945 - Today

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Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining the folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the beginning of his solo career, often with backing by the band Crazy Horse, he has released critically acclaimed albums such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), After the Gold Rush (1970), Harvest (1972), On the Beach (1974), and Rust Never Sleeps (1979). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil Young has received more than 21,004,533 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia. Neil Young is the 121st most popular musician (down from 120th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Canada (up from 27th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Musician.

Neil Young is most famous for his work as a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and social activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Neil Youngs by language

Over the past year Neil Young has had the most page views in the with 2,958,705 views, followed by German (174,027), and French (111,457). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (172.48%), Sardinian (132.19%), and Ido (120.60%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Neil Young ranks 121 out of 3,175. Before him are Mariss Jansons, Lionel Richie, Sid Vicious, Thomas Bangalter, Nick Mason, and John Dowland. After him are Björk, Chris Isaak, Cyndi Lauper, Gary Moore, Nat King Cole, and Jacqueline du Pré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Neil Young ranks 41. Before him are Lemmy, Slobodan Praljak, Jean Nouvel, Mahmoud al-Zahar, Goldie Hawn, and Jacky Ickx. After him are Jacqueline du Pré, John Lithgow, Douglas Osheroff, Anton Zeilinger, Roger Glover, and Ram Nath Kovind.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Neil Young ranks 26 out of 1,622. Before him are Willard Boyle (1924), Frederick Banting (1891), Michael J. Fox (1961), Gilles Villeneuve (1950), William Giauque (1895), and Saul Bellow (1915). After him are Neil Peart (1952), Pierre Trudeau (1919), William Shatner (1931), Pamela Anderson (1967), Richard E. Taylor (1929), and Ralph M. Steinman (1943).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Neil Young ranks 3. Before him are Leonard Cohen (1934), and Glenn Gould (1932). After him are Neil Peart (1952), Joni Mitchell (1943), Oscar Peterson (1925), Avril Lavigne (1984), Robbie Robertson (1943), Loreena McKennitt (1957), Gil Evans (1912), David Foster (1949), and Diana Krall (1964).

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