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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. His second chart-topper was 1985's "Crazy", a song he co-wrote with Rogers which reached number one in the Hot Country Songs chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Marx has received more than 6,201,633 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Richard Marx is the 1,083rd most popular musician (up from 1,196th in 2019), the 5,278th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,923rd in 2019) and the 394th most popular American Musician.

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  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Marx ranks 1,083 out of 2,662Before him are Miroslav Vitouš, Glenn Danzig, Jack Nitzsche, Wage Rudolf Supratman, Ignaz Brüll, and Phil Manzanera. After him are Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Ewa Demarczyk, Bobby Keys, Johnny Clegg, Renée Fleming, and Roy Harper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Richard Marx ranks 187Before him are Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Radosław Sikorski, Horacio Elizondo, Conan O'Brien, James LaBrie, and Rupert Graves. After him are Alessandra Martines, Sam Childers, Rashidi Yekini, Jensen Huang, Dave Legeno, and Ian Wright.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Marx ranks 5,278 out of 18,182Before him are Richard Sheldon (1878), Pamela Reed (1949), Ross Ulbricht (1984), Charles Bacon (1885), Mike Resnick (1942), and Paul R. Ehrlich (1932). After him are Gordon Willis (1931), Murray Hamilton (1923), Daniel Burnham (1846), Shirley Fry (1927), S. Robson Walton (1944), and Adolph Gottlieb (1903).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Richard Marx ranks 394Before him are Scott LaFaro (1936), Moe Tucker (1944), Nathan East (1955), Helen Merrill (1930), Glenn Danzig (1955), and Jack Nitzsche (1937). After him are Bobby Keys (1943), Renée Fleming (1959), Chester Thompson (1948), Linda Perry (1965), Buckethead (1969), and Lou Donaldson (1926).

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