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Stephen Gately

1976 - 2009

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Stephen Patrick David Gately (17 March 1976 – 10 October 2009) was an Irish singer, who, with Ronan Keating, was co-lead singer of the pop group Boyzone; all of Boyzone's studio albums during Gately's lifetime hit number one in the United Kingdom, their third being their most successful internationally. With Boyzone, Gately had a record-breaking sixteen consecutive singles enter the top five of the UK Singles Chart. He performed for millions of fans globally. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Gately has received more than 4,027,788 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Gately is the 1,809th most popular singer (up from 1,954th in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 323rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Stephen Gately ranks 1,809 out of 4,381. Before him are Dana Rosemary Scallon, Jackson Wang, Ben Harper, Willie Brown, Cássia Eller, and Irma Thomas. After him are George Ezra, Caro Emerald, Roger Pontare, Richard Thompson, K.d. lang, and Marco Mengoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Stephen Gately ranks 222. Before him are Bizarre, Bae Soo-bin, Jimmy Jump, Melissa George, Cho Jin-woong, and Szymon Hołownia. After him are Desmond Harrington, Lea De Mae, Anna Friel, Beto, Monique Covét, and Rick Ross. Among people deceased in 2009, Stephen Gately ranks 337. Before him are Jean Margéot, Jorge Enrique Adoum, George Russell, Mildred Cohn, Chris Connor, and Lou Albano. After him are Nikolay Anikin, Shyamala Gopalan, Howard Zieff, Rolf Rüssmann, Zygmunt Chychła, and Jackie Pretorius.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Stephen Gately ranks 290 out of 549. Before him are Peter Sutherland (1946), Tony Dunne (1941), Charlie McGettigan (1950), Richard Mulcahy (1886), William Stokes (1804), and Michael McElhatton (1963). After him are Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Albert Reynolds (1932), Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715), Denis Irwin (1965), Graham Norton (1963), and Brian Shawe-Taylor (1915).

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Among SINGERS In Ireland

Among singers born in Ireland, Stephen Gately ranks 7. Before him are Enya (1961), Bob Geldof (1951), Sinéad O'Connor (1966), Luke Kelly (1940), Barney McKenna (1939), and Charlie McGettigan (1950). After him are Christy Moore (1945), Róisín Murphy (1973), Nicky Byrne (1978), Damien Rice (1973), Maria Doyle Kennedy (1964), and Paul Harrington (1960).

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