MUSICIAN

Prince Buster

1938 - 2016

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Cecil Bustamente Campbell (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016), known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Buster has received more than 656,604 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Prince Buster is the 1,187th most popular musician (down from 1,174th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 28th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Jamaican Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Prince Buster ranks 1,187 out of 3,175. Before him are Barry Hay, Wolfgang Flür, Szymon Goldberg, Peter Tägtgren, Jenő Jandó, and Joe Henderson. After him are John Abercrombie, Taylor Hawkins, Cerrone, Ralph Towner, Geoff Downes, and Steven Adler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Prince Buster ranks 354. Before him are Anatoliy Zlenko, Jonathan Motzfeldt, Herman Daly, Durdy Bayramov, Elke Erb, and Betty Cuthbert. After him are Ahmet Ayık, François Heutte, John du Pont, Shivkumar Sharma, Paul Morrissey, and Tura Satana. Among people deceased in 2016, Prince Buster ranks 290. Before him are William Trevor, Aurèle Nicolet, Fritz Stern, Georges Balandier, Akhtar Mansour, and Pierre Aubert. After him are Nina Ponomaryova, James Joseph Dresnok, Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Lúcio Lara, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, and José Parra Martínez.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Prince Buster ranks 30 out of 189. Before him are DJ Kool Herc (1955), Patrick Allen (1951), Martine Beswick (1941), Cedella Booker (1926), Mary Seacole (1805), and Shaggy (1968). After him are John Barnes (1963), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), George Rhoden (1926), Portia Simpson-Miller (1945), Raheem Sterling (1994), and Monty Alexander (1944).

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Among MUSICIANS In Jamaica

Among musicians born in Jamaica, Prince Buster ranks 7. Before him are Bob Marley (1945), Peter Tosh (1944), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), Desmond Dekker (1941), Sean Paul (1973), and DJ Kool Herc (1955). After him are Monty Alexander (1944), King Tubby (1941), Ziggy Marley (1968), Horace Andy (1951), Damian Marley (1978), and Augustus Pablo (1954).

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