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Shaggy

1968 - Today

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Orville Richard Burrell (born 22 October 1968), better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-born reggae musician, singer and deejay who scored hits with the songs "It Wasn't Me", "Boombastic", "In the Summertime", "Oh Carolina", and "Angel". He has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, winning twice for Best Reggae Album with Boombastic in 1996 and 44/876 with Sting in 2019, and has won the Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist in 2002. In 2007, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Distinction with the rank of Commander. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shaggy has received more than 296,340 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Shaggy is the 1,106th most popular singer (down from 1,013th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 25th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Jamaican Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Shaggies by language

Over the past year Shaggy has had the most page views in the with 96,568 views, followed by German (41,866), and French (34,127). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Jamaican Patois (10,150.00%), Armenian (301.37%), and Egyptian Arabic (87.91%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Shaggy ranks 1,106 out of 4,381Before him are Hortense Schneider, Genesis P-Orridge, Gala, Oleg Bryjak, Joji, and Peter Schilling. After him are Terry Jacks, Erna Berger, Hansi Hinterseer, Miguel Ríos, Tefta Tashko-Koço, and Yumi Matsutoya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Shaggy ranks 146Before him are Stephanie Seymour, Benjamin List, Cristian Mungiu, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Julia Boutros, and Aleksandr Mostovoi. After him are Frédéric Vasseur, Jordi Mollà, Akhtar Mansour, Boban Babunski, Debra Messing, and Brian Steen Nielsen.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Shaggy ranks 29 out of 189Before him are Max Romeo (1944), DJ Kool Herc (1955), Patrick Allen (1951), Martine Beswick (1941), Cedella Booker (1926), and Mary Seacole (1805). After him are Prince Buster (1938), John Barnes (1963), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), George Rhoden (1926), Portia Simpson-Miller (1945), and Raheem Sterling (1994).

Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Shaggy ranks 8Before him are Jimmy Cliff (1948), Liz Mitchell (1952), Burning Spear (1945), Bunny Wailer (1947), Max Romeo (1944), and Cedella Booker (1926). After him are Carl Douglas (1942), Errol Brown (1948), Gregory Isaacs (1951), Yellowman (1956), Jacob Miller (1952), and Alton Ellis (1938).