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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 3,934,002 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Paul Young is the 717th most popular singer (down from 711th in 2019), the 2,322nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,309th in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Singer.

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  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Paul Young ranks 717 out of 3,528. Before him are Lotte Lehmann, Nile Rodgers, Roy Black, Toni Braxton, Alain Barrière, and M. S. Subbulakshmi. After him are Eric Carmen, Gladys Knight, Hermann Prey, Pharrell Williams, Alanis Morissette, and Peter Steele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Paul Young ranks 149. Before him are Pim Verbeek, Park Won-soon, Mirek Topolánek, Tim Russ, Artur Mas, and Lisa Niemi. After him are Meral Akşener, Kevin McNally, Mikuláš Dzurinda, Lesley Manville, Gianni De Biasi, and Anil Kapoor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Young ranks 2,322 out of 7,765. Before him are John Foxe (1516), David Mumford (1937), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811), Steve Jones (1955), and Tony Judt (1948). After him are Ernest Marsden (1889), Delroy Lindo (1952), Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891), Steven Knight (1959), Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), and Edward Coke (1552).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Paul Young ranks 86. Before him are Christine McVie (1943), Gary Glitter (1944), Midge Ure (1953), Shakin' Stevens (1948), Fish (1958), and Kevin Ayers (1944). After him are Peter Pears (1910), Alfred Deller (1912), Blaze Bayley (1963), Nicky Hopkins (1944), Andrew Ridgeley (1963), and Nick Kamen (1962).

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