SINGER

Paul Shaffer

1949 - Today

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Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian, and musician who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Shaffer has received more than 3,314,524 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Paul Shaffer is the 2,040th most popular singer (down from 1,758th in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from Canada (down from 543rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Canadian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paul Shaffers by language

Over the past year Paul Shaffer has had the most page views in the with 366,497 views, followed by German (11,358), and Italian (7,834). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (125.08%), Hungarian (112.94%), and Egyptian Arabic (74.38%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Paul Shaffer ranks 2,040 out of 4,381. Before him are René Pape, Sonu Nigam, Emin Agalarov, L, Riki Sorsa, and Natalia Barbu. After him are Vera Brezhneva, Tursunoy Saidazimova, Eyal Golan, Pratima Barua Pandey, Kristina Orbakaitė, and Macklemore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Paul Shaffer ranks 647. Before him are Evgeny Lovchev, Isabel Celaá, Jean Kalala N'Tumba, Thomas Bopp, Pat Rice, and Aleksandr Salnikov. After him are Warwick Brown, Bwanga Tshimen, John Curry, Toller Cranston, Atanas Mihaylov, and Walter Corbo.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Paul Shaffer ranks 637 out of 1,622. Before him are Santino Marella (1974), Mike Bossy (1957), Sheila McCarthy (1956), Gordon Tootoosis (1941), Peter Watts (1958), and George Vernot (1901). After him are Carlyle S. Beals (1899), Charlotte Le Bon (1986), Vic Emery (1933), Erik Everhard (1976), Elmer Clifton (1890), and Gilles Duceppe (1947).

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Among SINGERS In Canada

Among singers born in Canada, Paul Shaffer ranks 37. Before him are K.d. lang (1961), Mac DeMarco (1990), Deryck Whibley (1980), Daniel Powter (1971), Barbara Hannigan (1971), and Carly Rae Jepsen (1985). After him are Jeon So-mi (2001), Kate McGarrigle (1946), Corey Hart (1962), Skip Spence (1946), Pierre Bouvier (1979), and Cœur de pirate (1989).

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