SINGER

Rod Stewart

1945 - Today

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Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 120 million records worldwide. His music career began in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rod Stewart has received more than 22,207,151 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Rod Stewart is the 66th most popular singer (down from 63rd in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 335th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Singer.

Rod Stewart was most famous for his music. He is a singer and songwriter with a career spanning more than 50 years. He has written and recorded many songs, including "Maggie May," "You Wear It Well," "Tonight's the Night," "Hot Legs," "Young Turks," "Sailing," "I Don't Want to Talk About It," "Rhythm of My Heart," "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "Have I Told You Lately."

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  • 22M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Rod Stewart ranks 66 out of 4,381. Before him are Salvatore Adamo, Kate Bush, George Michael, Marianne Faithfull, Kurt Cobain, and Anthony Kiedis. After him are Florence Foster Jenkins, Sarah Vaughan, Carlos Gardel, Billie Holiday, Prince, and Amália Rodrigues.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Rod Stewart ranks 29. Before him are Mircea Lucescu, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Björn Ulvaeus, Moshe Katsav, Patrick Modiano, and Ritchie Blackmore. After him are Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Ian Gillan, Adly Mansour, Anselm Kiefer, Mia Farrow, and Lemmy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rod Stewart ranks 303 out of 8,785. Before him are Julie Andrews (1935), Randal Cremer (1828), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), John Keats (1795), Edward Burnett Tylor (1832), and Peter Sellers (1925). After him are Harold Macmillan (1894), Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), John Herschel (1792), Thomas Becket (1119), Harold Wilson (1916), and Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Rod Stewart ranks 10. Before him are Joe Cocker (1944), Ozzy Osbourne (1948), Phil Collins (1951), Kate Bush (1958), George Michael (1963), and Marianne Faithfull (1946). After him are Ian Gillan (1945), Bonnie Tyler (1951), Morrissey (1959), Robert Plant (1948), Peter Gabriel (1950), and Bruce Dickinson (1958).

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