MUSICIAN

Richard Marx

1963 - Today

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Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Marx's first number one success as a songwriter came in 1984 with "What About Me?", which was recorded by Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, and James Ingram, and topped the US and Canadian Adult Contemporary charts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Marx has received more than 6,599,465 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Richard Marx is the 1,124th most popular musician (down from 1,080th in 2019), the 5,504th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,266th in 2019) and the 387th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Marx ranks 1,124 out of 3,175. Before him are Charles Dancla, Fletcher Henderson, Phil Woods, Geoff Nicholls, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, and Helmuth Rilling. After him are John Mellencamp, Randy Jackson, Frank Thomas, Billy Cox, David Bryan, and Bob Brookmeyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Richard Marx ranks 208. Before him are Wang Shu, Lajos Détári, Michael Chiklis, Graham Arnold, Thomas Bo Larsen, and Martín Vizcarra. After him are Miro Cerar, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Jan Heintze, Olha Bryzhina, Juan Carlos Varela, and Vegard Ulvang.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Marx ranks 5,504 out of 20,380. Before him are Ishi (1860), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Virginia E. Johnson (1925), John Larroquette (1947), Eli Roth (1972), and Ellen Churchill Semple (1863). After him are Lester R. Brown (1934), Conrad Aiken (1889), Holcombe Ward (1878), Earle Meadows (1913), Charles Dvorak (1878), and Anna Louise Strong (1885).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Richard Marx ranks 387. Before him are Thad Jones (1923), Vinnie Colaiuta (1956), Kenny Burrell (1931), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), Fletcher Henderson (1897), and Phil Woods (1931). After him are John Mellencamp (1951), Randy Jackson (1961), Frank Thomas (1912), Billy Cox (1939), David Bryan (1962), and Bob Brookmeyer (1929).

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