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Robert Christgau

1942 - Today

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Robert Thomas Christgau ( KRIST-gow; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and later became an early proponent of musical movements such as hip hop, riot grrrl, and the import of African popular music in the West. Christgau spent 37 years as the chief music critic and senior editor for The Village Voice, during which time he created and oversaw the annual Pazz & Jop critics poll. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Christgau has received more than 1,988,715 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Robert Christgau is the 5,718th most popular writer (down from 5,183rd in 2019), the 8,783rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,054th in 2019) and the 677th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Christgan's guide , rock albums of the 70s
1982
Christgau's record guide
Reviews, Rock music, Discography
1981
Any old way you choose it
History and criticism, Rock music, Popular music
1973
Christgau's consumer guide
Reviews, Rock music, Discography
2000
Grown Up All Wrong
Rock music, Rock groups, Rock musicians
1998
Christgau's consumer guide : albums of the 90's
Sound recordings

Page views of Robert Christgaus by language

Over the past year Robert Christgau has had the most page views in the with 212,523 views, followed by Spanish (4,356), and Russian (3,776). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (356.67%), Egyptian Arabic (185.14%), and Macedonian (96.88%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Christgau ranks 5,718 out of 7,302. Before him are Joe Orton, Ralf König, Anna Kavan, Kim Iryeop, Frederick Rolfe, and Christoph Ransmayr. After him are Federico Moccia, Michel Deguy, Lev Mei, Regīna Ezera, Sydney, Lady Morgan, and Dmitri Prigov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Robert Christgau ranks 572. Before him are Teddy Pilette, Aníbal Torres, Nancy Richey, Sila María Calderón, Juan Carlos Oleniak, and Jerry Jones. After him are Kees Verkerk, John Ashcroft, Jejomar Binay, Ivan Koloff, Norman Greenbaum, and Dinara Asanova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Christgau ranks 8,783 out of 20,380. Before him are Ralph Abernathy (1926), Bill Belichick (1952), Christopher Jones (1941), Lauren Ridloff (1978), Lloyd Nolan (1902), and Curt Hennig (1958). After him are Taylor Momsen (1993), Donald Trump Jr. (1977), Roger Mahony (1936), Max Hardcore (1956), Stephen Greenblatt (1943), and Barton MacLane (1902).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Christgau ranks 677. Before him are Donald Richie (1924), John Holt (1923), Earl Derr Biggers (1884), Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923), Dee Brown (1908), and Henry Ward Beecher (1813). After him are James E. Gunn (1923), Jack McDevitt (1935), Robert Bly (1926), Ann Rule (1931), Gardner Dozois (1947), and Diana Der Hovanessian (1934).

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