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Paul Young

1956 - Today

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Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. His hit singles include "Love of the Common People", "Wherever I Lay My Hat", "Come Back and Stay", "Every Time You Go Away" and "Everything Must Change", all reaching the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Young has received more than 4,302,317 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Young is the 718th most popular singer (down from 715th in 2019), the 2,194th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,316th in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Paul Young ranks 718 out of 4,381. Before him are SZA, Dragana Mirković, H.P. Baxxter, Polad Bülbüloğlu, Gladys Knight, and Arik Einstein. After him are Maria Carta, Christopher Cross, Júlia Várady, Tanita Tikaram, Angela Gheorghiu, and Sena Jurinac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Paul Young ranks 151. Before him are Franky Vercauteren, Kevin McNally, Gregg L. Semenza, Akio Toyoda, Cecilia Roth, and Keiichi Tsuchiya. After him are Andrius Kubilius, Stefan Johansson, Jens Fink-Jensen, Zinaida Greceanîi, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Christiana Figueres.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Young ranks 2,194 out of 8,785. Before him are John Cleland (1709), John Paul Jones (1747), Lytton Strachey (1880), Bob Peck (1945), George Robert Waterhouse (1810), and Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838). After him are William Speirs Bruce (1867), James Stirling (1692), Clive Sinclair (1940), Caroline Graham (1931), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), and Norman McLaren (1914).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Paul Young ranks 80. Before him are Andy Gibb (1958), Graham Nash (1942), Rick Parfitt (1948), Alan Lancaster (1949), Andrew Ridgeley (1963), and Ian Dury (1942). After him are Limahl (1958), Nick Kamen (1962), Jimmy Somerville (1961), Kevin Ayers (1944), Fish (1958), and Midge Ure (1953).

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