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Reinhard Mey

1942 - Today

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Reinhard Friedrich Michael Mey (born 21 December 1942) is a German Liedermacher (lit. 'songmaker', a German-style singer-songwriter). In France he is known as Frédérik Mey. By 2009, Mey had released 27 German albums, and generally releases a new album approximately every two years; his first album was Ich wollte wie Orpheus singen (1967); the most recent studio album is Das Haus an der Ampel (2020). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reinhard Mey has received more than 244,933 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhard Mey is the 874th most popular singer, the 3,653rd most popular biography from Germany and the 38th most popular German Singer.

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  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Reinhard Mey ranks 874 out of 4,381Before him are Nicole Scherzinger, Bobby Vinton, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Renate Müller, Oleg Gazmanov, and Bryan Johnson. After him are Adam Lambert, Sami Yusuf, Chiquito de la Calzada, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Sabahudin Kurt, and Aino Ackté.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Reinhard Mey ranks 314Before him are Joaquim Rifé, John Thaw, Pamela Tiffin, Andrew Robinson, Bo Hopkins, and Michael G. Wilson. After him are Madeline Kahn, Sergio Ramírez, Willis Reed, Bo Johansson, Jon Finch, and Al Jardine.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Reinhard Mey ranks 3,653 out of 7,253Before him are Karl Kaufmann (1900), Robert Hübner (1948), Gertrude of Brunswick (1060), Max Dehn (1878), Johann Julius Walbaum (1724), and Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719). After him are Albert Ballin (1857), Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769), Wilhelm von Bode (1845), Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild (1650), Bernhard Klodt (1926), and Leonhard Frank (1882).

Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Reinhard Mey ranks 38Before him are Lotte Lehmann (1888), Max Lorenz (1901), Rob Pilatus (1965), Roy Black (1943), Hermann Prey (1929), and Renate Müller (1906). After him are Liane Augustin (1927), Theo Adam (1926), Inge Borkh (1921), Blixa Bargeld (1959), Elisabeth Schumann (1888), and Walter Andreas Schwarz (1913).