MUSICIAN

Yang Hyun-suk

1970 - Today

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Yang Hyun-suk (Korean: 양현석, born January 9, 1970) is a South Korean music executive, rapper, dancer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame as a member of Seo Taiji and Boys during the 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yang Hyun-suk has received more than 2,386,651 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Yang Hyun-suk is the 1,713th most popular musician (down from 1,549th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from South Korea (down from 263rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular South Korean Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yang Hyun-suk ranks 1,713 out of 3,175Before him are Boz Burrell, Sly Stone, Doug Aldrich, Paddy Moloney, Spencer Dryden, and Stanley Turrentine. After him are Ian McLagan, Bernie Leadon, RZA, Michael Steele, Arto Lindsay, and Shelly Manne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Yang Hyun-suk ranks 228Before him are Anatoly Bibilov, Shane McMahon, MacKenzie Scott, Fat Joe, Guido Alvarenga, and Àlex Crivillé. After him are Tamara Taylor, Oleg Tsaryov, Alex Barros, Moreno Torricelli, Erik Zabel, and Oleksandr Fedenko.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Yang Hyun-suk ranks 322 out of 1,128Before him are Yi Gwang-sik (1493), Kim Hee-chul (1983), Ahn Cheol-soo (1962), Steven Yeun (1983), Ok Taec-yeon (1988), and Yoo Sang-chul (1971). After him are Jo In-sung (1981), Unsuk Chin (1961), Kim Hyun-joo (1977), Park Chu-young (1985), Jee Yong-ju (1948), and Choi Soon-ho (1962).

Among MUSICIANS In South Korea

Among musicians born in South Korea, Yang Hyun-suk ranks 7Before him are Nam June Paik (1932), Lee Soo-man (1952), Myung-whun Chung (1953), Kyung Wha Chung (1948), Suga (1993), and Yiruma (1978). After him are Unsuk Chin (1961), Jung Yong-hwa (1989), Kang Min-hyuk (1991), Zico (1992), Lee Jong-hyun (1990), and Eun Ji-won (1978).