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Tony Allen

1940 - 2020

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Tony Oladipo Allen (20 July 1940 – 30 April 2020) was a Nigerian and French drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Africa '70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the founders of the Afrobeat genre. Fela once stated that "without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Allen has received more than 76,940 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tony Allen is the 1,096th most popular musician (down from 767th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Nigerian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tony Allen ranks 1,096 out of 3,175. Before him are Vitas, Matt Sorum, Jack Sherman, Mitski, John Scofield, and Miroslav Vitouš. After him are Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joseph Böhm, Art Farmer, Pat Martino, Trickster, and Franz Konwitschny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Tony Allen ranks 295. Before him are Conny Plank, Frankie Avalon, Zhuang Zedong, Grigory Kriss, Russell Banks, and Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni. After him are Lainie Kazan, Giacomo Bulgarelli, Rajendra K. Pachauri, Renato Pozzetto, William Cohen, and Bill Medley. Among people deceased in 2020, Tony Allen ranks 322. Before him are Wes Unseld, Hamed Karoui, Robert Herbin, Mark Blum, Kuniwo Nakamura, and Jack Sherman. After him are Guido Messina, Henri Richard, Paula Kelly, Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Rajendra K. Pachauri, and Leon Fleisher.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Tony Allen ranks 30 out of 309. Before him are Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Tijani Babangida (1973), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Shehu Shagari (1925), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), and Yakubu Gowon (1934). After him are C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Murtala Mohammed (1938), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Taribo West (1974), and Aliko Dangote (1957).

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Among MUSICIANS In Nigeria

Among musicians born in Nigeria, Tony Allen ranks 3. Before him are Dr. Alban (1957), and Fela Kuti (1938). After him are Babatunde Olatunji (1927), and Fela Sowande (1905).

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