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Pete Burns

1959 - 2016

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Peter Jozzeppi Burns (5 August 1959 – 23 October 2016) was an English singer, songwriter and television personality who formed the band Dead or Alive in 1980 during the new wave era and was the band's lead vocalist and principal songwriter. He sold over 17 million albums and 36 million singles worldwide and also gave the songwriting and record production trio Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) their first UK No. 1 hit single. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Burns has received more than 6,971,075 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Pete Burns is the 872nd most popular musician (up from 895th in 2019), the 2,429th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,490th in 2019) and the 148th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pete Burns ranks 872 out of 3,175. Before him are Karl Bartos, Mel Collins, Daniel Steibelt, J. J. Johnson, Layne Staley, and Hugh McDonald. After him are Philip Catherine, Francis Cabrel, Sally Oldfield, Eddie Clarke, Pitbull, and Lang Lang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Pete Burns ranks 151. Before him are Mauricio Funes, Nir Barkat, Akhmed Zakayev, Michel Onfray, Majid Majidi, and Toni Servillo. After him are Gustavo Cerati, Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Nobuo Uematsu, Jason Alexander, Giovanna Amati, and Erwin Vandenbergh. Among people deceased in 2016, Pete Burns ranks 210. Before him are Ann Morgan Guilbert, David Huddleston, Michel Delpech, Georges Cottier, Arnold Wesker, and Vilmos Zsigmond. After him are Naná Vasconcelos, Signe Toly Anderson, Patty Duke, Bernard Fox, Paulo Evaristo Arns, and Jamshid Amouzegar.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pete Burns ranks 2,429 out of 8,785. Before him are Alfred Fowler (1868), Leslie Phillips (1924), Delroy Lindo (1952), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Richard Cobden (1804), and William Hope Hodgson (1877). After him are Charles Lamb (1775), Terence Davies (1945), William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), Philip Catherine (1942), Richard Bremmer (1953), and Arthur Wynne (1871).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Pete Burns ranks 148. Before him are Chris Squire (1948), Gerry Rafferty (1947), Phil Taylor (1954), Snowy White (1948), Adam Clayton (1960), and Mel Collins (1947). After him are Philip Catherine (1942), Eddie Clarke (1950), Fatboy Slim (1963), Würzel (1949), Mick Ronson (1946), and Carl Cox (1962).

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