SINGER

Poly Styrene

1957 - 2011

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Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011), known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Poly Styrene has received more than 1,542,018 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Poly Styrene is the 2,778th most popular singer (down from 2,472nd in 2019), the 6,441st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,785th in 2019) and the 255th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Poly Styrene ranks 2,778 out of 4,381. Before her are Eve, Christophe Maé, Kim Chae-won, Jessy Matador, Chris Willis, and Natsumi Abe. After her are Aisha, Alex Band, Afroman, Dennis Morgan, Anita Tsoy, and Rauw Alejandro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Poly Styrene ranks 691. Before her are William G. Gregory, Mike Watt, Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Albán Vermes, Vasyl Arkhypenko, and Xu Haifeng. After her are Olaf Heredia, John Hoeven, Robert de Castella, Darryl Dawkins, Lučka Kajfež Bogataj, and Bogdan Musioł. Among people deceased in 2011, Poly Styrene ranks 503. Before her are Russell Hoban, Cynthia Myers, Sexy Cora, David Kato, Ahmed Wali Karzai, and Sonia Pierre. After her are Mike Doyle, Karel Rachůnek, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, Josef Vašíček, Phoebe Snow, and Ruslan Salei.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Poly Styrene ranks 6,441 out of 8,785. Before her are Joey Batey (1989), Pete Shelley (1955), Robert Green (1980), George Monbiot (1963), Malcolm Rifkind (1946), and Lustmord (1964). After her are David Miliband (1965), Christopher Malcolm (1946), Siobhan Finneran (1966), Georgina Chapman (1976), Gary White (1974), and Kit Connor (2004).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Poly Styrene ranks 255. Before her are Maddy Prior (1947), Florence Welch (1986), Emeli Sandé (1987), Example (1982), Slick Rick (1965), and Alison Goldfrapp (1966). After her are James Morrison (1984), Ella Henderson (1996), Samantha Ronson (1977), John Lundvik (1983), Jasmine Thompson (2000), and Leigh-Anne Pinnock (1991).

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