MUSICIAN

Olly Alexander

1990 - Today

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Oliver Alexander Thornton (born 15 July 1990) is an English singer, actor and LGBT+ activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the pop band Years & Years who achieved two number one albums on the UK Albums Chart, a number one single and five top ten entries on the UK Singles Chart. Between 2021 and 2023 he continued to release music under the name until their dissolution in 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olly Alexander has received more than 5,815,864 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Olly Alexander is the 2,812th most popular musician (down from 2,677th in 2019), the 6,873rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,417th in 2019) and the 453rd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Olly Alexanders by language

Over the past year Olly Alexander has had the most page views in the with 696,276 views, followed by German (34,667), and French (26,903). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (240.40%), French (184.96%), and Swedish (176.81%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Olly Alexander ranks 2,812 out of 3,175. Before him are Lars Winnerbäck, Michelle Branch, Erik Rutan, Carla Morrison, Pabllo Vittar, and Dan Donegan. After him are Patrick Stump, Ty Dolla Sign, Liu Fang, Jacob Collier, Tiffany Alvord, and James Valentine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Olly Alexander ranks 442. Before him are David Lama, Lodovica Comello, Silje Solberg, Danilo Petrucci, Dainis Krištopāns, and Jeon Ji-yoon. After him are Zivert, Karl-Johan Johnsson, Christian Taylor, Kostas Papanikolaou, Yuya Yagira, and Casey Calvert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Olly Alexander ranks 6,873 out of 8,785. Before him are Jason Watkins (1962), Ivor Richard (1932), Ryan Mason (1991), Willie Morgan (1944), KSI (1993), and Joe Anderson (1982). After him are Georgia Groome (1992), Paul Manning (1974), Cyril Knowles (1944), Ollie Watkins (1995), Colin Mochrie (1957), and Laura Donnelly (1982).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Olly Alexander ranks 453. Before him are John Digweed (1967), Chicane (1971), Edward Shearmur (1966), Paul McGuigan (1971), Four Tet (1978), and Sigala (1992). After him are Jacob Collier (1994), Youth (1960), Daniel Jones (1973), Sophie (1986), Beth Orton (1970), and Bernard Butler (1970).

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