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Seo Taiji

1972 - Today

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Jeong Hyeon-cheol (Korean: 정현철; born February 21, 1972), better known as Seo Taiji or Seo Tae-ji (서태지), is a South Korean singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. After dropping out of high school to pursue a music career, he rose to become one of the most prominent and influential cultural icons in South Korea, with many referring to him as "the President of Culture".Following a brief stint in the heavy metal band Sinawe, Taiji formed Seo Taiji and Boys in 1991 with whom he found immediate success. Their style of music, dance, fashion, and self-presentation resonated with the young generation—termed the sinsedae, "new generation." They incorporated elements of popular musical genres from the West and contributed considerably larger to Korean pop culture and Korean pop's development in the 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seo Taiji has received more than 1,460,877 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Seo Taiji is the 1,546th most popular singer (down from 1,514th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 280th in 2019) and the 19th most popular South Korean Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Seo Taijis by language

Over the past year Seo Taiji has had the most page views in the with 157,773 views, followed by Japanese (45,934), and Chinese (43,618). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cantonese (166.17%), Simple English (69.54%), and Malayalam (67.10%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Seo Taiji ranks 1,546 out of 4,381. Before him are Serdar Ortaç, Richard Hell, Ani Lorak, Jaden Smith, Márta Sebestyén, and Peaches. After him are Jacob Miller, Big Pun, Thelma Houston, Hari Varešanović, Ireen Sheer, and Patti Austin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Seo Taiji ranks 202. Before him are Stuart Townsend, Ngô Bảo Châu, Tré Cool, Paula Hawkins, Romi Park, and Kasper Hjulmand. After him are Pedro Lamy, Stoja, Kelly Chen, Rafał Trzaskowski, Nikolai Lugansky, and Abdeljalil Hadda.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Seo Taiji ranks 298 out of 1,128. Before him are Park Hae-soo (1981), Namkoong Min (1978), Kang Soo-yeon (1966), Yoo Jun-sang (1969), Faker (1996), and Kim Woo-bin (1989). After him are Goo Hara (1991), Kim Ha-neul (1978), Park Eun-bin (1992), Cho Yeo-jeong (1981), Oh Eun-sun (1966), and Kim Soo-hyun (1988).

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Among SINGERS In South Korea

Among singers born in South Korea, Seo Taiji ranks 19. Before him are Lee Hyori (1979), V (1995), Jennie (1996), Seo In-guk (1987), Lee Seung-gi (1987), and Park Hyung-sik (1991). After him are Leeteuk (1983), Lee Jun-ho (1990), Kim Jae-joong (1986), Nayeon (1995), Taeyang (1988), and Yesung (1984).

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