1972 - Today
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 a Spanish language. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nek has received more than 358,090 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Nek is the 1,462nd most popular singer (down from 1,331st in 2019), the 3,542nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,213th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Italian Singer.
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Among singers, Nek ranks 1,462 out of 3,528. Before him are Emma Kirkby, Allan Clarke, Dariush, Toni Basil, Joji, and Wiz Khalifa. After him are Inger Berggren, Danièle Dupré, Seungri, Aryana Sayeed, Andra Day, and Hansi Kürsch.
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 1,456
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 1,457
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 1,458
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 1,459
1992 - Present
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 1,460
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 1,461
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 1,462
1934 - 2019
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 1,463
1938 - 2013
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 1,464
1990 - Present
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 1,465
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 1,466
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 1,467
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 1,468
Among people born in 1972, Nek ranks 186. Before him are Goran Vlaović, Nick Frost, Tomokazu Seki, Dana Vespoli, Markus Rühl, and Danny Lloyd. After him are Missi Pyle, Masakazu Morita, Stuart Townsend, Michael Rosenbaum, Alfonso Pérez, and Julie Gayet.
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 180
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 181
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 182
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 183
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 184
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 185
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 186
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 187
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 188
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 189
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 190
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 191
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 192
Among people born in Italy, Nek ranks 3,542 out of 4,668. Before him are Corrado Segre (1863), Giuseppe Petrocchi (1948), Roberto Lippi (1926), Luigi Galleani (1861), Guenther Steiner (1965), and Ferruccio Novo (1897). After him are Annibale Frossi (1911), Pasquale Fornara (1925), Severino Poletto (1933), Roberto De Zerbi (1979), Carlo Monti (1920), and Caterina Davinio (1957).
1863 - 1924
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 3,536
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 3,537
1926 - 2011
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 3,538
1861 - 1931
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 3,539
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 3,540
1897 - 1974
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 3,541
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 3,542
1911 - 1999
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 3,543
1925 - 1990
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 3,544
1933 - 2022
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 3,545
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 3,546
1920 - 2016
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 3,547
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 3,548
Among singers born in Italy, Nek ranks 92. Before him are Gala (1975), Jovanotti (1966), Fiorella Mannoia (1954), Cristina Scabbia (1972), Daniela Dessì (1957), and Valentina Monetta (1975). After him are Den Harrow (1962), Raf (1959), Alexia (1967), Nino D'Angelo (1957), Alan Sorrenti (1950), and Marcella Bella (1952).
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 86
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 87
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 88
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 89
1957 - 2016
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 90
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 91
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 92
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 93
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 94
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 95
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 96
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 97
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 98