MUSICIAN

Stuart Adamson

1958 - 2001

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William Stuart Adamson (11 April 1958 – 16 December 2001) was a Scottish rock guitarist and singer. Adamson began his career in the late 1970s as a founding member and performer with the punk rock band Skids. After leaving Skids in 1981, he formed Big Country and was the band's lead singer and guitarist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stuart Adamson has received more than 2,064,451 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Stuart Adamson is the 2,655th most popular musician, the 6,496th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 426th most popular British Musician.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Stuart Adamson ranks 2,655 out of 3,175. Before him are Andy Sneap, Tomo Miličević, Jody Watley, Noel Hogan, Glen Drover, and Tigran Hamasyan. After him are Bill Steer, Phoebe Snow, Pakito, Bradley Joseph, Mark Linkous, and KT Tunstall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Stuart Adamson ranks 700. Before him are Scott Hamilton, Eufemio Cabral, Vagif Sultanli, Jacqueline Hewitt, Lilya Budzhurova, and Sandi Toksvig. After him are Samir Shaker, Josh Pais, Tapio Sipilä, Douglas McGrath, Lena Ek, and Laurie Bartram. Among people deceased in 2001, Stuart Adamson ranks 359. Before him are Jay Chamberlain, Frankie Carle, Sidney Dillon Ripley, Duke Nalon, Satam al-Suqami, and Daniel Lewin. After him are Serhiy Perkhun, Abdulaziz al-Omari, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Rosemary DeCamp, Richard Chelimo, and Waleed al-Shehri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stuart Adamson ranks 6,496 out of 8,785. Before him are Shirley Williams (1930), Warren Ellis (1968), Samantha Bentley (1987), Lynne Ramsay (1969), Alison Hargreaves (1962), and Louise Brealey (1979). After him are John Disley (1928), Bill Steer (1969), Diane Morgan (1975), James Key (1972), Bertie Auld (1938), and KT Tunstall (1975).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Stuart Adamson ranks 426. Before him are John Newman (1990), Barry Adamson (1958), Pete Shelley (1955), Lustmord (1964), Nigel Godrich (1971), and Andy Sneap (1969). After him are Bill Steer (1969), KT Tunstall (1975), Dhani Harrison (1978), Michael Kiwanuka (1987), Panjabi MC (1973), and Tim Rice-Oxley (1976).

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