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Nek

1972 - Today

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Filippo Neviani (born 6 January 1972), known by his stage name Nek, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. Nek is popular in Italy and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, and has performed and released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish. Nek first gained international success in 1997, when he took part in the Sanremo Music Festival in the Big Artists section, and although he didn't win, the song "Laura non c'è" (in Spanish: "Laura no está") went on to become his international breakthrough as it became a major hit in Europe and Latin America that year, as well the release of his fourth and million-selling album Lei, gli amici e tutto il resto, which was his first album to also be recorded in the Spanish language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nek has received more than 424,237 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Nek is the 1,347th most popular singer (up from 1,454th in 2019), the 3,624th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,531st in 2019) and the 91st most popular Italian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Nek ranks 1,347 out of 4,381. Before him are Mathilde Marchesi, Johnny Mathis, Bob Benny, Shirley Manson, Simone Simons, and Anahí. After him are John Paul Young, Siti Nurhaliza, Laila Kinnunen, Dima Bilan, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and Richard Bona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Nek ranks 162. Before him are Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Big Show, Maria Mutola, Daniel Amokachi, Leslie Mann, and Sam Houser. After him are Ebbe Sand, Junichi Suwabe, Drea de Matteo, Kirill Petrenko, Junko Takeuchi, and Craig Jones.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Nek ranks 3,624 out of 5,161. Before him are Paolo Portoghesi (1931), John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1844), Dario Marianelli (1963), Italo Santelli (1866), Carlo Annovazzi (1925), and Lyda Borelli (1884). After him are Gianfranco Terenzi (1941), Bruno Mora (1937), Giorgio Francia (1947), Charondas (-600), Lorenzo Piretto (1942), and Fausta Morganti (1944).

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Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Nek ranks 91. Before him are Anna Oxa (1961), Raf (1959), Betty Curtis (1936), Tiziano Ferro (1980), Fiorella Mannoia (1954), and Jovanotti (1966). After him are Mario Trevi (1941), Fausto Leali (1944), Nunzio Gallo (1928), Den Harrow (1962), Marcella Bella (1952), and Alexia (1967).

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