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MUSICIAN

Quincy Jones

1933 - Today

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Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Quincy Jones has received more than 19,267,949 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Quincy Jones is the 131st most popular musician (up from 144th in 2019), the 775th most popular biography from United States (up from 835th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Musician.

Quincy Jones is most famous for his long career as a musician, producer, and composer. He has won 27 Grammy Awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as both a producer and a musician.

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  • 19M

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  • 63.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Quincy Jones ranks 131 out of 2,662Before him are Stuart Sutcliffe, Alice Cooper, Jacqueline du Pré, Till Lindemann, Roger Glover, and Carlos Kleiber. After him are Mariss Jansons, Ray Manzarek, James Last, Compay Segundo, Cliff Richard, and Ice-T.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Quincy Jones ranks 42Before him are Steven Weinberg, John Barry, Oliver Sacks, Gian Maria Volonté, Bernardo Provenzano, and Gene Wilder. After him are Jerzy Grotowski, Paul J. Crutzen, Richard R. Ernst, Jayne Mansfield, Samora Machel, and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Quincy Jones ranks 775 out of 18,182Before him are James B. Sumner (1887), Lana Turner (1921), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Richard Crenna (1926), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), and Tobey Maguire (1975). After him are Neal Cassady (1926), Ray Manzarek (1939), Groucho Marx (1890), Martin Seligman (1942), Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), and Dashiell Hammett (1894).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Quincy Jones ranks 36Before him are Buddy Holly (1936), Lady Gaga (1986), Don Shirley (1927), Benny Goodman (1909), Chick Corea (1941), and Alice Cooper (1948). After him are Ray Manzarek (1939), Ice-T (1958), Lionel Richie (1949), Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Ike Turner (1931), and Ritchie Valens (1941).

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