MUSICIAN

Nujabes

1974 - 2010

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Jun Seba (Japanese: 瀬葉 淳, Hepburn: Seba Jun, February 7, 1974 – February 26, 2010), born Jun Yamada (Japanese: 山田 淳), better known by his stage name Nujabes (ヌジャベス, Nujabesu), was a Japanese record producer, audio engineer, DJ, composer and arranger best known for his atmospheric instrumental mixes sampling from hip hop, soul, and jazz, as well as incorporating elements of trip hop, breakbeat, downtempo, and ambient music. Seba released two studio albums during his lifetime: Metaphorical Music (2003) and Modal Soul (2005), while the album Spiritual State was released posthumously in 2011. He was the founder of the independent label Hydeout Productions and released two collection compilations: Hydeout Productions 1st Collection (2003) and 2nd Collection (2007). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nujabes has received more than 4,000,675 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Nujabes is the 1,586th most popular musician (down from 1,436th in 2019), the 1,374th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,216th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Nujabes ranks 1,586 out of 3,175. Before him are Herb Ellis, Calixa Lavallée, Guru Josh, Imants Kalniņš, Dion DiMucci, and Fito Páez. After him are Neal Hefti, Bronisław Kaper, Richard Bonynge, Barry McGuire, Michael Anthony, and D. J. Fontana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Nujabes ranks 157. Before him are Sean Gunn, Julian Castro, Martin Henderson, Tomer Sisley, Michael Rasmussen, and Abubakar Shekau. After him are Paolo Bettini, Joachim Trier, Dan Houser, Marc Gené, Àlex Corretja, and Grace Park. Among people deceased in 2010, Nujabes ranks 321. Before him are Pavel Lednyov, Yuri Maslyukov, Herb Ellis, Ilene Woods, Pavel Kolchin, and Lisa Blount. After him are Jacques Swaters, Kazimir Hnatow, Patricia Wrightson, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Nena, and Eva Ibbotson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nujabes ranks 1,374 out of 6,245. Before him are Masafumi Yokoyama (1956), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), Masanori Suzuki (1968), Yasuhito Suzuki (1959), Toru Yoshikawa (1961), and Aya Kitō (1962). After him are Yasumasa Kanada (1948), Koichi Kudo (1909), Kei Nishikori (1989), Kazuo Imanishi (1941), Romi Park (1972), and Yuzuru Hanyu (1994).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Nujabes ranks 18. Before him are Yuki Kajiura (1965), LiSA (1987), Gackt (1973), Hyde (1969), Mana (1969), and Masaharu Fukuyama (1969). After him are Miyavi (1981), Nobuko Imai (1943), Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Heath (1968), Nigo (1970), and Yoko Shimomura (1967).

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