MUSICIAN

Vanessa-Mae

1978 - Today

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Vanessa-Mae (Chinese: 陈美; pinyin: Chén Měi; born 27 October 1978), also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, is a British violinist with album sales reaching several million, having made her the wealthiest entertainer under 30 in the United Kingdom in 2006. She competed under the name Vanessa Vanakorn (Thai: วาเนสซ่า วรรณกร, romanized: Wa-nes-sa Wan-na-kon; her father's surname) for Thailand in alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was initially banned from skiing by the International Ski Federation (FIS) after participating in a qualifying race allegedly organised to enable her to qualify for the Winter Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vanessa-Mae has received more than 1,365,900 page views. Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Vanessa-Mae is the 800th most popular musician (down from 644th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Singapore and the most popular Singaporean Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Vanessa-Mae ranks 800 out of 3,175. Before her are Luiz Bonfá, Noel Redding, Benny Benassi, Herbert Grönemeyer, Marky Ramone, and Al Stewart. After her are Osvaldo Pugliese, T-Bone Walker, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Maynard Ferguson, Desmond Dekker, and Todd Rundgren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Vanessa-Mae ranks 46. Before her are Daniel Van Buyten, Sandra Hüller, Rio Ferdinand, Joan Capdevila, Ha Ji-won, and Gabriel Heinze. After her are Luis Fonsi, Igor Tudor, Nicole Scherzinger, Gael García Bernal, Laetitia Casta, and Homare Sawa.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Vanessa-Mae ranks 8 out of 42. Before her are Halimah Yacob (1954), Tony Tan (1940), Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Goh Chok Tong (1941), Parameswara (1344), and S. R. Nathan (1924). After her are Wu Lien-teh (1879), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Ho Ching (1953), and Julia Nickson (1958).

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Among MUSICIANS In Singapore

Among musicians born in Singapore, Vanessa-Mae ranks 1. After her are Kygo (1991).

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    Vanessa-Mae

    1978 - Present

    HPI: 52.47

    Rank: 1

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    Kygo

    1991 - Present

    HPI: 41.87

    Rank: 2

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