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Phil Rudd

1954 - Today

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Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd (born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis, 19 May 1954) is an Australian drummer, best known as the drummer of AC/DC across three stints (1975–1983, 1994–2015, 2018–present). On the 1977 departure of bass guitarist Mark Evans from AC/DC, Rudd became the only Australian-born member of the band. In 2003, he entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with the other members of AC/DC. In 2014, Rudd released his first solo album, Head Job. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phil Rudd has received more than 2,986,292 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Phil Rudd is the 308th most popular musician (up from 434th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Australia (up from 55th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Australian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Phil Rudds by language

Over the past year Phil Rudd has had the most page views in the with 460,382 views, followed by German (96,598), and Spanish (50,603). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (203.26%), Slovak (162.66%), and Ukrainian (128.01%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Phil Rudd ranks 308 out of 3,175. Before him are Carl Michael Bellman, Joe Strummer, Fela Kuti, Cozy Powell, Nicko McBrain, and John Densmore. After him are Joe Satriani, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Richard Z. Kruspe, Jacques Dutronc, Robby Krieger, and Don Airey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Phil Rudd ranks 62. Before him are Sezen Aksu, Michael Moore, Yanni, Catherine O'Hara, Kailash Satyarthi, and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. After him are Riccardo Patrese, François Fillon, Johnny Logan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ilan Ramon, and Shuji Nakamura.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Phil Rudd ranks 40 out of 1,143. Before him are Tamam Shud case (1903), John Noble (1948), Kylie Minogue (1968), Joan Sutherland (1926), Alan Jones (1946), and Lisa Gerrard (1961). After him are Rod Taylor (1930), Roy Emerson (1936), Johnny Logan (1954), Barry Marshall (1951), Eric Bana (1968), and Jonathan Hyde (1948).

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Among MUSICIANS In Australia

Among musicians born in Australia, Phil Rudd ranks 3. Before him are Sia (1975), and Lisa Gerrard (1961). After him are Nick Cave (1957), Flea (1962), Michael Hutchence (1960), Colin Burgess (1946), David Helfgott (1947), Mark Evans (1956), Daevid Allen (1938), John Williams (1941), and Tommy Emmanuel (1955).

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