MUSICIAN

Roy Wood

1946 - Today

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Roy Wood (born 8 November 1946) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard. Wood formed the Move in 1965, and had hits including "Flowers in the Rain". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Wood has received more than 2,529,469 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Roy Wood is the 1,370th most popular musician (up from 1,424th in 2019), the 3,583rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,729th in 2019) and the 219th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Roy Woods by language

Over the past year Roy Wood has had the most page views in the with 332,583 views, followed by German (17,219), and Spanish (9,486). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Slovak (143.20%), Romanian (64.37%), and Arabic (58.11%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Roy Wood ranks 1,370 out of 3,175Before him are Lasse Holm, Bill Monroe, Gackt, Kenney Jones, Tim Hardin, and Josef Lhévinne. After him are Marin Alsop, Michel Sogny, Rhoma Irama, Andreas Kisser, Garth Hudson, and Mark Lanegan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Roy Wood ranks 499Before him are Patrick Baudry, Georges Bereta, Joe Spano, Beth Carvalho, Ba Mamadou Mbaré, and Hiroshi Fushida. After him are Jack Straw, Rhoma Irama, Robin Cook, Mary Beth Hurt, Erich Beer, and Cornel Penu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roy Wood ranks 3,583 out of 8,785Before him are Miriam Rothschild (1908), Kenney Jones (1948), John Anderson (1833), Callum Keith Rennie (1960), William Stukeley (1687), and John Moore (1761). After him are Richard Bentley (1662), Jack Straw (1946), Colin Groves (1942), Robin Cook (1946), Sam Houser (1972), and Ian Livingstone (1949).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Roy Wood ranks 219Before him are Dave Holland (1946), Gerald Moore (1899), Jonny Greenwood (1971), Solomon (1902), Tony Kaye (1945), and Kenney Jones (1948). After him are Ron Geesin (1943), Aynsley Dunbar (1946), Henry Litolff (1818), Howard Donald (1968), Jason Bonham (1966), and Bev Bevan (1944).