MUSICIAN

Richard Clayderman

1953 - Today

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Richard Clayderman (French pronunciation: [ʁiʃaʁ klɛidɛʁman]; born Philippe Pagès French pronunciation: [filip paʒɛs], 28 December 1953 in Paris) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville, Olivier Toussaint and Marc Minier, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of popular works of classical music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Clayderman has received more than 1,316,917 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Richard Clayderman is the 74th most popular musician (up from 81st in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from France (up from 568th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Musician.

Richard Clayderman is a pianist who is most famous for his instrumental renditions of popular songs.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Clayderman ranks 74 out of 3,175. Before him are Mstislav Rostropovich, Dean Martin, Jamiroquai, Robert Fripp, Jon Lord, and Pablo de Sarasate. After him are Antônio Carlos Jobim, Paco de Lucía, Yehudi Menuhin, Robert Johnson, Iggy Pop, and Giorgio Moroder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Richard Clayderman ranks 12. Before him are Pierce Brosnan, Brigitte Macron, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Herta Müller, Isabelle Huppert, and Kim Basinger. After him are Ahmad Shah Massoud, John Malkovich, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Richard Stallman, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and Teresa Teng.

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In France

Among people born in France, Richard Clayderman ranks 527 out of 6,770. Before him are Childebert I (497), Roger I of Sicily (1031), Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747), Auguste Escoffier (1847), Victor Grignard (1871), and Allan Kardec (1804). After him are Charles Richet (1850), Hilary of Poitiers (315), Joseph Joffre (1852), Avitus (395), Marcel Mauss (1872), and Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Richard Clayderman ranks 2. Before him are Jean-Michel Jarre (1948). After him are Paul Mauriat (1925), David Guetta (1967), Nadia Boulanger (1887), Thomas Bangalter (1), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Stéphane Grappelli (1908), Émile Waldteufel (1837), and Georges Prêtre (1924).

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