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Yuri Shevchuk

1957 - Today

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Yuri Yulianovich Shevchuk (Russian: Юрий Юлианович Шевчук; born 16 May 1957) is a Soviet and Russian rock musician and singer/songwriter who leads the rock band DDT, which he founded with Vladimir Sigachyov in 1980. He is best known for his distinctive gravelly voice. His lyrics detail aspects of Russian life with a wry, humanistic sense of humor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuri Shevchuk has received more than 176,947 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Yuri Shevchuk is the 1,300th most popular singer (up from 1,382nd in 2019), the 1,752nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,648th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Russian Singer.

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  • 180k

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  • 45.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Yuri Shevchuk ranks 1,300 out of 3,528. Before him are Karina, Luz Casal, Jean Vallée, Katri Helena, Tiziano Ferro, and Leonard Warren. After him are Anna Oxa, Namie Amuro, Maya Kristalinskaya, Skeeter Davis, André Hazes, and Helen Shapiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Yuri Shevchuk ranks 264. Before him are Rabih Abou-Khalil, Vinny Appice, Fulvio Collovati, Rafael Gordillo, Franco Frattini, and Gamal Al-Ghandour. After him are Sanae Mishima, Adam Nawałka, Sheila E., Gordon Strachan, Claudie Haigneré, and LeVar Burton.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuri Shevchuk ranks 1,752 out of 3,262. Before him are Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900), Valentin Muratov (1928), Ivan Yarygin (1948), Leonid Abalkin (1930), Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (1884), and Vikenty Veresaev (1867). After him are Maya Kristalinskaya (1932), Valeri Tokarev (1952), Fedor Ozep (1895), Ladislaus Bortkiewicz (1868), Boris Vilkitsky (1885), and Fyodor Bondarchuk (1967).

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Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Yuri Shevchuk ranks 29. Before him are Irina Arkhipova (1925), Irina Allegrova (1952), Yevgeny Nesterenko (1938), John Kay (1944), Sainkho Namtchylak (1957), and Dima Bilan (1981). After him are Maya Kristalinskaya (1932), Sergei Lemeshev (1902), Zemfira (1976), Leonid Sobinov (1872), Valeriya (1968), and Origa (1970).

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