SINGER

Van Morrison

1945 - Today

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Sir George Ivan Morrison OBE (born 31 August 1945) is a singer-songwriter and musician from Northern Ireland whose recording career spans seven decades. Morrison began performing as a teenager in the late 1950s, playing a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands, covering the popular hits of that time. Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Belfast R&B band Them, with whom he wrote and recorded "Gloria", which became a garage band staple. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Van Morrison has received more than 14,106,801 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Van Morrison is the 231st most popular singer (up from 240th in 2019), the 906th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,012th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Van Morrisons by language

Over the past year Van Morrison has had the most page views in the with 2,259,997 views, followed by German (98,947), and Spanish (57,398). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Macedonian (37,700.00%), Simple English (95.93%), and Belarusian (62.24%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Van Morrison ranks 231 out of 4,381. Before him are Petula Clark, Ibrahim Ferrer, Jacqueline Boyer, Rita Pavone, Edita Gruberová, and Ricky Martin. After him are Neil Diamond, Engelbert Humperdinck, Phil Ochs, Kim Carnes, Lara Fabian, and Victoria de los Ángeles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Van Morrison ranks 81. Before him are Dirk Benedict, Maud Adams, Milo Manara, Rita Pavone, Robert Sarah, and George Smoot. After him are Türkan Şoray, Kim Carnes, Bob Gunton, John McAfee, Bob Klose, and Piero Ferrari.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Van Morrison ranks 906 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert III of Scotland (1330), Gary Lineker (1960), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Danny Boyle (1956), and Duncan I of Scotland (1001). After him are Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), James Anderson (1680), Freeman Dyson (1923), Adelard of Bath (1075), Anne Hyde (1637), and Pat Hitchcock (1928).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Van Morrison ranks 27. Before him are Chris Rea (1951), Tom Jones (1940), Eric Burdon (1941), David Coverdale (1951), Rob Halford (1951), and Petula Clark (1932). After him are Shane MacGowan (1957), Victoria Beckham (1974), Glenn Hughes (1951), Robbie Williams (1974), Dave Gahan (1962), and Rod Evans (1947).

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