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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 297,639 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Shaggy is the 1,017th most popular singer (up from 1,088th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 28th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Jamaican Singer.

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  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Shaggy ranks 1,017 out of 3,528. Before him are Mariza, Shirley Verrett, Diana Damrau, Anita Traversi, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, and Loretta Lynn. After him are Jennie, Pierre Bachelet, Luis Miguel, Juan Diego Flórez, Lou Gramm, and Kati Kovács.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Shaggy ranks 132. Before him are Alejandro Sanz, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Jerry Yang, Dragana Mirković, Vítor Pereira, and Hajime Moriyasu. After him are Rosalinda Celentano, Raghad Hussein, Jeffrey Donovan, Angelica Bella, Michael Vartan, and Mauro Silva.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Shaggy ranks 25 out of 168. Before him are Sean Paul (1973), DJ Kool Herc (1955), Stephen Hopkins (1958), Max Romeo (1944), Bunny Wailer (1947), and Merlene Ottey (1960). After him are Carl Douglas (1942), Burning Spear (1945), Prince Buster (1938), Linford Christie (1960), Asafa Powell (1982), and Patrick Allen (1951).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Shaggy ranks 6. Before him are Grace Jones (1948), Jimmy Cliff (1948), Liz Mitchell (1952), Max Romeo (1944), and Bunny Wailer (1947). After him are Carl Douglas (1942), Burning Spear (1945), Gregory Isaacs (1951), Alton Ellis (1938), Errol Brown (1948), and Millie Small (1947).

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