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Yui

1987 - Today

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Yui (born March 26, 1987), stylized as YUI or yui, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In her solo career, she sold more than 5 million physical copies in Japan. She is popular in Japan and in surrounding countries, ranking number one in 2011 Count Down TV "Dearest Female Artist" and Music Station "Artist You Most Want to Marry" polls, as well as Radio Television Hong Kong's "Most Popular Japanese Artist".Born and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, she played live at various locations in her hometown before being noticed by Sony Music Japan when she was 17 years old, and released her debut single months later. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yui has received more than 62,033 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Yui is the 2,083rd most popular singer (down from 1,993rd in 2019), the 1,710th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,571st in 2019) and the 27th most popular Japanese Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 62k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yuis by language

Over the past year Yui has had the most page views in the with 283,774 views, followed by Chinese (30,145), and Indonesian (15,840). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (408.06%), Azerbaijani (96.29%), and Sundanese (80.04%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Yui ranks 2,083 out of 4,381. Before her are Polina Gagarina, Sana, Rudy Vallée, Johnny Tillotson, Alesha Dixon, and Bappi Lahiri. After her are Liu Huan, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Amalie Materna, David Miller, Craig David, and Cristian Castro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Yui ranks 160. Before her are Naya Rivera, Yuma Asami, James Maynard, Polina Gagarina, Im Se-mi, and Ryan Guzman. After her are Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Barış Arduç, Fabio Fognini, Aaron Carter, Sergio Llull, and Alex Pereira.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yui ranks 1,710 out of 6,245. Before her are Yuma Asami (1987), Yuko Takeuchi (1980), Sana (1996), Kazumi Kishi (1975), Tatsuya Fujiwara (1982), and Masushi Ouchi (1943). After her are Mari Iijima (1963), Seiji Maehara (1962), Yukitaka Omi (1952), Tetsuji Hashiratani (1964), Tsunku (1968), and Tak Matsumoto (1961).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Yui ranks 27. Before her are Mika Nakashima (1983), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), Kōji Wada (1974), Momo Hirai (1996), Kyōko Koizumi (1966), and Sana (1996). After her are Tak Matsumoto (1961), Koshi Inaba (1964), Sakura Miyawaki (1998), Koda Kumi (1982), Daimaou Kosaka (1973), and Ken Hirai (1972).

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