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William Orbit

1956 - Today

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William Mark Wainwright (born 15 December 1956), known professionally as William Orbit, is an English musician and record producer who has sold 200 million recordings worldwide of his own work, his production and song-writing work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Orbit has received more than 1,102,219 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. William Orbit is the 2,237th most popular musician (down from 2,013th in 2019), the 5,608th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,981st in 2019) and the 377th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, William Orbit ranks 2,237 out of 3,175. Before him are Muhal Richard Abrams, Robin Schulz, Maxim Fadeev, Marco Masini, Roy Z, and Bushido. After him are Nicky Romero, James Williamson, Steve Angello, Virgil Donati, Tim Commerford, and Oleksandr Ponomariov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, William Orbit ranks 566. Before him are Sergei Avdeyev, Peter Caruana, Faouzi Mansouri, Manuel Vicente, Daniel Willems, and Nikolay Sidorov. After him are Arleen Sorkin, Shashi Tharoor, John R. Leonetti, Charalambos Cholidis, Anita Ward, and Mikhail Burtsev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Orbit ranks 5,608 out of 8,785. Before him are Albert Ireton (1879), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1983), Hughie Gallacher (1903), John McEnery (1943), Herbert Baker (1862), and Frances Wright (1795). After him are Thomas Hood (1799), Perry McCarthy (1961), Ben Wallace (1970), Rupert Evans (1976), Emily Bergl (1975), and Eddie Baily (1925).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, William Orbit ranks 377. Before him are Tom Chaplin (1979), Peter Giles (1944), Marian McPartland (1918), John Glascock (1951), Peter Noone (1947), and Passenger (1984). After him are Andy Fairweather Low (1948), Michael Moran (1948), Rupert Hine (1947), Conrad Lant (1963), Simon Kirke (1949), and Tim Renwick (1949).

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