SINGER

Roland Orzabal

1961 - Today

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Roland Jaime Orzábal De La Quintana (born 22 August 1961) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and author. He is the guitarist, co-lead vocalist, main songwriter, co-founder, and the only constant member of Tears for Fears. He is also a producer of artists such as Oleta Adams. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roland Orzabal has received more than 4,147,180 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Roland Orzabal is the 1,220th most popular singer (down from 954th in 2019), the 3,297th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,857th in 2019) and the 126th most popular British Singer.

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  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Roland Orzabal ranks 1,220 out of 4,381Before him are Tony Christie, Indira Radić, Chayanne, Eddy Wally, Playboi Carti, and Barney McKenna. After him are Betty Curtis, Atsushi Sakurai, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Lhasa de Sela, Carlos Vives, and Helmut Lotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Roland Orzabal ranks 217Before him are Hideo Nakata, Māris Kučinskis, Liu Gang, Anna Oxa, Shane Black, and Nina Li Chi. After him are Freddie Spencer, Antonia San Juan, Carlos Vives, Claude Puel, Oh Se-hoon, and Kassim Majaliwa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roland Orzabal ranks 3,297 out of 8,785Before him are Jon Pertwee (1919), Emil Voigt (1883), Charles Blagden (1748), Ajahn Brahm (1951), Tony Kaye (1952), and James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797). After him are Gilbert Adair (1944), Jack Sheppard (1702), Matthew Hopkins (1620), John Hutchinson (1884), Tommy Cooper (1921), and David MacMillan (1968).

Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Roland Orzabal ranks 126Before him are Lonnie Donegan (1931), Paul Day (1956), Marc Almond (1957), Dave Davies (1947), Mick Hucknall (1960), and Tony Christie (1943). After him are Aneka (1947), Matt Monro (1930), Margaret Price (1941), Alison Moyet (1961), Janet Baker (1933), and Leo Sayer (1948).