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Thomas Anders

1963 - Today

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Bernd Weidung (born 1 March 1963), known by his stage name Thomas Anders, is a German singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the only vocalist of the pop duo Modern Talking.Starting his singing career while still in school, Anders unsuccessfully attempted to establish himself as a Schlager artist for several years. After forming the Eurodisco duo Modern Talking with Dieter Bohlen in 1983, they became a worldwide sensation with their hit "You're My Heart, You're My Soul". They followed up with a string of other hits, namely "You Can Win If You Want", "Cheri, Cheri Lady", "Brother Louie", "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Anders has received more than 1,739,264 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Thomas Anders is the 131st most popular singer (up from 135th in 2019), the 712th most popular biography from Germany (up from 731st in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Singer.

Thomas Anders is most famous for being the lead singer of the German pop group Modern Talking.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Thomas Anders by language

Over the past year Thomas Anders has had the most page views in the with 391,647 views, followed by German (263,749), and Russian (172,661). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (336.99%), Ido (180.27%), and Simple English (159.77%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Thomas Anders ranks 131 out of 4,381. Before him are Carmen Miranda, Lys Assia, Bruce Dickinson, Marvin Gaye, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, and Nancy Sinatra. After him are Grace Jones, Bing Crosby, Annie Lennox, Bryan Adams, Falco, and Marie-Louise O'Murphy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Thomas Anders ranks 19. Before him are Sergey Bubka, Ronald Koeman, Peter Schmeichel, Eros Ramazzotti, Geert Wilders, and Rick Rubin. After him are Donnie Yen, James Hetfield, Jean-Pierre Papin, Rafael Correa, Tori Amos, and Yair Lapid.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Anders ranks 712 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Wolf (1863), Kurt Meyer (1910), Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787), Artur Axmann (1913), Carlos Kleiber (1930), and Hermann Cohen (1842). After him are Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), Johann Bayer (1572), Alfred Hugenberg (1865), Kurt Schwitters (1887), Clemens Brentano (1778), and Max Liebermann (1847).

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Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Thomas Anders ranks 8. Before him are Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Klaus Meine (1948), Dieter Bohlen (1954), Nina Hagen (1955), Sandra (1962), and Constanze Mozart (1762). After him are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925), Ivan Rebroff (1931), Nena (1960), Marian Gold (1954), Fancy (1946), and Tarkan (1972).

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