MUSICIAN

Yanni

1954 - Today

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Yiannis Chryssomallis (Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni ( YAH-nee), is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer. Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child, blending jazz, classical, soft rock, and world music to create predominantly instrumental works. Although this genre of music was not well suited for commercial pop radio and music television, Yanni received international recognition by producing concerts at historic monuments and by producing videos that were broadcast on public television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yanni has received more than 4,482,093 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Yanni is the 289th most popular musician (down from 243rd in 2019), the 308th most popular biography from Greece (down from 271st in 2019) and the most popular Greek Musician.

Yanni is most famous for his New Age piano music.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yanni ranks 289 out of 3,175. Before him are Ian Curtis, Bill Haley, Sidney Bechet, Kirk Hammett, John Mayall, and Eddie Cochran. After him are Art Tatum, Leopold Auer, Sixto Rodriguez, Terpander, André Previn, and Riccardo Cocciante.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Yanni ranks 58. Before him are Marian Gold, Michael Dudikoff, Lee Child, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Sezen Aksu, and Michael Moore. After him are Catherine O'Hara, Kailash Satyarthi, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Phil Rudd, Riccardo Patrese, and François Fillon.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Yanni ranks 308 out of 1,024. Before him are Ali Rıza Efendi (1839), Theramenes (-450), Lucas Papademos (1947), Philo of Larissa (-145), Aglaonice (null), and Dinocrates (-400). After him are Terpander (-712), Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876), Aristides of Athens (150), William of Villehardouin (1300), Tiberius Claudius Narcissus (50), and Xanthippus (-590).

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Among MUSICIANS In Greece

Among musicians born in Greece, Yanni ranks 1. After him are Terpander (-712), Tommy Lee (1962), Gina Bachauer (1913), Markos Vamvakaris (1905), Nikos Xilouris (1936), Leonidas Kavakos (1967), Steve Angello (1982), Savina Yannatou (1959), Creed Taylor (1929), Gus G (1980), and Pavlos Fyssas (1979).

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