COMPOSER

Nicholas Britell

1980 - Today

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Nicholas Britell (born October 17, 1980) is an American film and television composer. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and a Grammy Award. He has received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score for Barry Jenkins' Moonlight (2016) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), and Adam McKay's Don't Look Up (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicholas Britell has received more than 929,877 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Nicholas Britell is the 1,436th most popular composer (down from 1,347th in 2019), the 16,032nd most popular biography from United States (down from 14,523rd in 2019) and the 148th most popular American Composer.

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  • 930k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nicholas Britell ranks 1,436 out of 1,451Before him are John Ottman, Alla Zahaikevych, Christopher Tin, Marcus Paus, Benjamin Wallfisch, and Bombay Jayashri. After him are Isidora Žebeljan, Venetian Snares, Steven Price, Igor Khoroshev, Sona Jobarteh, and Murray Gold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Nicholas Britell ranks 651Before him are Andrija Žižić, Rémy Vercoutre, Jason McCaslin, Eduardo Francisco de Silva Neto, Nicolas Douchez, and Wes Ball. After him are Branko Radivojevič, Norihiro Nishi, Almudena Cid, Hannah Simone, Agnieszka Włodarczyk, and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nicholas Britell ranks 16,032 out of 20,380Before him are Andrea Savage (1973), Seth Moulton (1978), Ernest Truex (1889), Tahereh Mafi (1988), DeAnna Price (1993), and Wes Ball (1980). After him are Eva Bowring (1892), John Grant (1968), Rita Dove (1952), Young Buck (1981), David Smith (1985), and Charles King (1895).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Nicholas Britell ranks 148Before him are Meredith Willson (1902), Marc Shaiman (1959), Randall Thompson (1899), Eric Whitacre (1970), John Ottman (1964), and Christopher Tin (1976). After him are Oneohtrix Point Never (1982).