SINGER

Tarkan

1972 - Today

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Tarkan Tevetoğlu (Turkish pronunciation: [taɾˈkan teˈve.toːɫu]; born 17 October 1972) is a Turkish singer-songwriter. Since the early 1990s, with his successful albums, he has been a prominent figure of pop music, recognized both in Turkey and worldwide. Tarkan was born and raised in Alzey, Rhineland-Palatinate, in the-then West Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tarkan has received more than 90,768 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Tarkan is the 276th most popular singer (up from 294th in 2019), the 1,415th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,529th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 91k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Tarkan ranks 276 out of 4,381Before him are Nicolai Gedda, Mariah Carey, C. C. Catch, Lola Flores, Fabrizio De André, and Morten Harket. After him are Busta Rhymes, Glenn Hughes, Robbie Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, Laura Pausini, and Stevie Nicks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Tarkan ranks 23Before him are Queen Letizia of Spain, Rui Costa, Luís Figo, Wentworth Miller, Sofía Vergara, and Maia Sandu. After him are Busta Rhymes, Lisa Ann, Jean Dujardin, Naftali Bennett, Idris Elba, and Mauricio Pochettino.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Tarkan ranks 1,415 out of 7,253Before him are Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (1849), Joachim Sauer (1949), Marie-Louise von Franz (1915), Bernt Notke (1435), Brigitte Helm (1906), and Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806). After him are Sepp Herberger (1897), Ralf Rangnick (1958), Hartmann Schedel (1440), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Eduard Spranger (1882), and Johann Kuhnau (1660).

Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Tarkan ranks 14Before him are Thomas Anders (1963), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925), Ivan Rebroff (1931), Nena (1960), Marian Gold (1954), and Fancy (1946). After him are Udo Dirkschneider (1952), Wolf Biermann (1936), Heino (1938), Christa Ludwig (1928), Franzl Lang (1930), and Fritz Wunderlich (1930).