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The Proclaimers

1962 - Today

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The Proclaimers are a Scottish rock duo formed in 1983 by twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid (born 5 March 1962). They came to attention with their 1987 single "Letter from America", which reached No. 3 in the United Kingdom, and the 1988 single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", which topped charts in Australia, Iceland and New Zealand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of The Proclaimers has received more than 3,107,158 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). The Proclaimers is the 1,929th most popular musician (down from 1,810th in 2019), the 4,870th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,560th in 2019) and the 316th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of The Proclaimers by language

Over the past year The Proclaimers has had the most page views in the with 371,054 views, followed by German (27,393), and Spanish (15,579). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (133.51%), Basque (59.77%), and Simple English (38.72%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, The Proclaimers ranks 1,929 out of 3,175. Before her are Adam Darski, Richard Ashcroft, Van Dyke Parks, Jack Casady, Sammy Cahn, and Robert Lockwood Jr.. After her are Leeroy Thornhill, Yuja Wang, Chris Dreja, XXXTentacion, Colin Greenwood, and Andy Fraser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, The Proclaimers ranks 413. Before her are Pam Shriver, David Koechner, Nick Land, Mike Judge, Nicole Stott, and Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson. After her are Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Bruno Martini, Štefan Füle, Ana Wagener, Craig Ferguson, and Teryl Rothery.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, The Proclaimers ranks 4,870 out of 8,785. Before her are Shirley Stelfox (1941), Danny Ward (1993), Gia Scala (1934), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Sarah Waters (1966), and Taylor Wane (1968). After her are Leeroy Thornhill (1968), John Hutton Balfour (1808), Philippa Pearce (1920), Diana Wynyard (1906), Richard Meinertzhagen (1878), and Chris Dreja (1945).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, The Proclaimers ranks 316. Before her are Steve Rothery (1959), Stanley Sadie (1930), Neil Innes (1944), Rupert Holmes (1947), Guy Berryman (1978), and Richard Ashcroft (1971). After her are Leeroy Thornhill (1968), Chris Dreja (1945), Colin Greenwood (1969), Andy Fraser (1952), Lily Allen (1985), and Mike Ratledge (1943).

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