MUSICIAN

Nick Mason

1944 - Today

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Nicholas Berkeley Mason (born 27 January 1944) is an English drummer and a founder member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He has been the only constant member since the band's formation in 1964, and the only member to appear on every Pink Floyd album. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nick Mason has received more than 4,589,041 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Nick Mason is the 119th most popular musician (up from 148th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 602nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Musician.

Nick Mason is most famous for being the drummer of the rock band Pink Floyd.

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  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Nick Mason ranks 119 out of 3,175Before him are John Bonham, Barry Gibb, Mariss Jansons, Lionel Richie, Sid Vicious, and Thomas Bangalter. After him are John Dowland, Neil Young, Björk, Chris Isaak, Cyndi Lauper, and Gary Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Nick Mason ranks 48Before him are Rajiv Gandhi, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Harold Ramis, John Rhys-Davies, Ronnie Peterson, and Abdul Latif Rashid. After him are Gennady Zyuganov, Kunishige Kamamoto, Sylvie Vartan, Omar al-Bashir, David J. Wineland, and Nebahat Çehre.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nick Mason ranks 482 out of 8,785Before him are Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545), G. E. Moore (1873), Muriel Spark (1918), Kate Winslet (1975), Robert Robinson (1886), and Diana Rigg (1938). After him are Margot Fonteyn (1919), Joseph Lister (1827), John Smith (1580), John Dowland (1563), John Cleese (1939), and Martin Amis (1949).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Nick Mason ranks 31Before him are Jon Lord (1941), Richard Wright (1943), Angus Young (1955), Lemmy (1945), John Bonham (1948), and Sid Vicious (1957). After him are John Dowland (1563), Gary Moore (1952), Jacqueline du Pré (1945), Mike Oldfield (1953), Ronnie Wood (1947), and Roger Glover (1945).