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Shabba Ranks

1966 - Today

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Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon OD (born 17 January 1966), better known by his stage name Shabba Ranks, is a Jamaican dancehall musician. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was one of the most popular Jamaican musicians in the world. Throughout his prominence in his home country as a dancehall artist, he gained popularity in North America with his studio album, Just Reality, in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shabba Ranks has received more than 1,434,602 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Shabba Ranks is the 2,868th most popular singer (down from 2,627th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 78th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Jamaican Singer.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Shabba Ranks ranks 2,868 out of 3,528Before him are Kotoko, Ledina Çelo, Kim Se-jeong, Abida Parveen, Baek A-yeon, and Eleftheria Eleftheriou. After him are Aliona Moon, Pras, Danger Mouse, Farid Mammadov, Nate Ruess, and Jimmie Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Shabba Ranks ranks 632Before him are Ludwig Kögl, Thomas Wyss, Evgeny Agrest, Robert C. O'Brien, John D. Olivas, and Kurt Browning. After him are Francisco Villarroya, Vladimir Tatarchuk, Mark Z. Danielewski, Heidi Swedberg, Capitão, and Bruno Gudelj.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Shabba Ranks ranks 86 out of 168Before him are Howard Cooke (1915), Elaine Thompson (1992), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Norman Manley (1893), Heavy D (1967), and Barrington Levy (1964). After him are Theodore Whitmore (1972), Bert Cameron (1959), Juliet Cuthbert (1964), Leon Bailey (1997), Musashi Suzuki (1994), and Grace Jackson (1961).

Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Shabba Ranks ranks 20Before him are Ini Kamoze (1957), Ky-Mani Marley (1976), Sizzla (1976), Capleton (1967), Heavy D (1967), and Barrington Levy (1964). After him are Buju Banton (1973), Bounty Killer (1972), Beenie Man (1973), and Omi (1986).