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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, soul, R&B and alternative rock artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Hargrove has received more than 945,490 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Roy Hargrove is the 2,131st most popular musician (down from 2,085th in 2019), the 11,157th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,924th in 2019) and the 889th most popular American Musician.

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  • 39.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Roy Hargrove ranks 2,131 out of 2,662Before him are Bob Kulick, Randy Jackson, Chris Botti, Ólafur Arnalds, Coco Lee, and Bob Weir. After him are Mathew Knowles, Nicky Romero, Andy Fairweather Low, Hevia, Keren Ann, and Farin Urlaub.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Roy Hargrove ranks 437Before him are David Cage, Martika, Sergei Yuran, Erwin Sánchez, Angie Everhart, and Ken Griffey Jr.. After him are Jaroslav Sakala, Kelli McCarty, Yuko Oita, Stefan Horngacher, Gary Speed, and Tucker Carlson. Among people deceased in 2018, Roy Hargrove ranks 460Before him are Henri Dirickx, Emil Wolf, Yuriy Kutsenko, Ann Gillis, Roy Clark, and Saida Gunba. After him are Jiichiro Date, Asma Jahangir, James H. Billington, Graciano Rocchigiani, Charles Vinci, and Tulsi Giri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Hargrove ranks 11,157 out of 18,182Before him are Jon Kyl (1942), Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), Bob Weir (1947), Sam Balter (1909), David Allan Coe (1939), and Darren Criss (1987). After him are Caesar Rodney (1728), John Elway (1960), Byron K. Lichtenberg (1948), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Samuel Chase (1741), and Ken Henry (1929).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Roy Hargrove ranks 889Before him are Taylor Hawkins (1972), Mike Inez (1966), Bob Kulick (1950), Randy Jackson (1956), Chris Botti (1962), and Bob Weir (1947). After him are Mathew Knowles (1952), Jimmy Chamberlin (1964), Ian MacKaye (1962), Lisa Lopes (1971), Reb Beach (1963), and Glen Benton (1967).