1966 - Today
Richard Paul Astley (born 6 February 1966) is an English singer. He gained fame through his association with the production trio Stock Aitken Waterman, releasing the 1987 album Whenever You Need Somebody, which sold 15 million copies worldwide. His debut single "Never Gonna Give You Up" was a No. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rick Astley has received more than 11,602,717 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Rick Astley is the 309th most popular musician (up from 482nd in 2019), the 1,113th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,579th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, Rick Astley ranks 309 out of 2,662. Before him are Moby, Avril Lavigne, Khaled, Johnny Ramone, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Léo Ferré. After him are Lalo Schifrin, Mischa Maisky, Matteo Carcassi, Fred Durst, Ian Anderson, and Isaac Hayes.
1965 - Present
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 303
1984 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 304
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 305
1948 - 2004
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 306
1954 - 1990
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 307
1916 - 1993
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 308
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 309
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 310
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 311
1792 - 1853
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 312
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 313
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 314
1942 - 2008
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 315
Among people born in 1966, Rick Astley ranks 26. Before him are Robin Wright, Patrick Dempsey, Samantha Fox, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kiefer Sutherland, and Zack Snyder. After him are Jon Favreau, David Schwimmer, John Cusack, Téa Leoni, Cindy Crawford, and Julen Lopetegui.
1966 - Present
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 20
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 21
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 22
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 23
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 24
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 25
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 26
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 27
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 28
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 29
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 30
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 31
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 32
Among people born in United Kingdom, Rick Astley ranks 1,113 out of 7,765. Before him are Colin Dexter (1930), Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), Thomas Lawrence (1769), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), Matthew Lewis (1775), and Kiefer Sutherland (1966). After him are Robert Faurisson (1929), Joan Robinson (1903), Emily Blunt (1983), Tim Staffell (1948), Arthur Drewry (1891), and Robert Stirling (1790).
1930 - 2017
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 1,107
1517 - 1559
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,108
1769 - 1830
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,109
1883 - 1950
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,110
1775 - 1818
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,111
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,112
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 1,113
1929 - 2018
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,114
1903 - 1983
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,115
1983 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,116
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,117
1891 - 1961
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,118
1790 - 1878
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,119
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Rick Astley ranks 63. Before him are Slash (1965), Ian Curtis (1956), Cozy Powell (1947), Roger Daltrey (1944), Alan Parsons (1948), and PJ Harvey (1969). After him are Ian Anderson (1947), Nicko McBrain (1952), Dave Murray (1956), Don Airey (1948), Jack Bruce (1943), and Cliff Williams (1949).
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 57
1956 - 1980
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 58
1947 - 1998
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 59
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 60
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 61
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 62
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 63
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 64
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 65
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 66
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 67
1943 - 2014
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 68
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 69