MUSICIAN

Richard Ashcroft

1971 - Today

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Richard Paul Ashcroft (born 11 September 1971) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band The Verve from their formation in 1990 until their second split in 1999. Songs he wrote for the band include "Bitter Sweet Symphony", "Lucky Man", and the UK number one "The Drugs Don't Work". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Ashcroft has received more than 2,945,561 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Richard Ashcroft is the 1,924th most popular musician (down from 1,678th in 2019), the 4,860th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,274th in 2019) and the 315th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Ashcrofts by language

Over the past year Richard Ashcroft has had the most page views in the with 341,656 views, followed by Spanish (39,510), and Italian (27,497). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (89.93%), Galician (40.16%), and Egyptian Arabic (27.54%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Ashcroft ranks 1,924 out of 3,175. Before him are Jack White, Tom Harrell, Red Mitchell, Harvey Mason, Guy Berryman, and Adam Darski. After him are Van Dyke Parks, Jack Casady, Sammy Cahn, Robert Lockwood Jr., The Proclaimers, and Leeroy Thornhill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Richard Ashcroft ranks 275. Before him are Fenriz, Younes El Aynaoui, MF Doom, Lola Glaudini, Leonid Slutsky, and Víctor Aristizábal. After him are Julianne Nicholson, Berta Cáceres, Christian Camargo, Anita Yuen, Patty Jenkins, and Susi Susanti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Ashcroft ranks 4,860 out of 8,785. Before him are Mackenzie Bowell (1823), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), Dawn French (1957), Guy Berryman (1978), and Derek Kevan (1935). After him are David Storey (1933), Stuart Baird (1947), Phil Anderson (1958), Shirley Stelfox (1941), Danny Ward (1993), and Gia Scala (1934).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Richard Ashcroft ranks 315. Before him are Ed O'Brien (1968), Steve Rothery (1959), Stanley Sadie (1930), Neil Innes (1944), Rupert Holmes (1947), and Guy Berryman (1978). After him are The Proclaimers (1962), Leeroy Thornhill (1968), Chris Dreja (1945), Colin Greenwood (1969), Andy Fraser (1952), and Lily Allen (1985).

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