MUSICIAN

Roy Hargrove

1969 - 2018

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Roy Anthony Hargrove (October 16, 1969 – November 2, 2018) was an American jazz musician and composer whose principal instruments were the trumpet and flugelhorn. He achieved worldwide acclaim after winning two Grammy Awards for differing styles of jazz in 1998 and 2002. Hargrove primarily played in the hard bop style for the majority of his albums, but also had a penchant for genre-crossing exploration and collaboration with a variety of hip hop, neo soul, R&B and alternative rock artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Hargrove has received more than 1,031,640 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Hargrove is the 2,181st most popular musician (down from 2,123rd in 2019), the 11,557th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,131st in 2019) and the 876th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Roy Hargrove ranks 2,181 out of 3,175. Before him are Beatrice Ohanessian, Tom Paxton, Oscar Levant, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, Louie Bellson, and Bob Burns. After him are Des'ree, Glen Benton, Charlie Barnet, Stuart Price, Harry Carney, and Peter Fox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Roy Hargrove ranks 464. Before him are Hideo Ishikawa, Teresa Ribera, Anja Andersen, Tony Curran, Syarhey Rumas, and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. After him are Francesco Moriero, Colman Domingo, Stephan Eberharter, Tony Meola, John Scalzi, and Amy Pietz. Among people deceased in 2018, Roy Hargrove ranks 511. Before him are Nikolai Pankin, Alberto Dines, Rick Genest, Yuriy Tyukalov, Emma Chambers, and Frank Andersson. After him are István Hevesi, Peter Hill-Wood, Kate Spade, Manuel Rodríguez, Ann Gillis, and Finn Tveter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Hargrove ranks 11,557 out of 20,380. Before him are Bert Vogelstein (1949), Pauline Bush (1886), Brian Acton (1972), William Hootkins (1948), Charles Lane (1905), and Patrick Schwarzenegger (1993). After him are Glen Benton (1967), Charlie Barnet (1913), Juliet Landau (1965), Esther Ralston (1902), Jimmy Witherspoon (1920), and Marcell Jacobs (1994).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Roy Hargrove ranks 876. Before him are Larry Young (1940), Tom Paxton (1937), Oscar Levant (1906), Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (1969), Louie Bellson (1924), and Bob Burns (1950). After him are Glen Benton (1967), Charlie Barnet (1913), Harry Carney (1910), Chuck Leavell (1952), Harry Edison (1915), and Jeff Berlin (1953).

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