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Ben Harper

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Benjamin Charles Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music, and he is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records, and has toured internationally. Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner and seven-time nominee, with awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 2004 and Best Blues Album in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Ben Harper is the 1,570th most popular singer (up from 1,808th in 2024), the 8,530th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,641st in 2019) and the 422nd most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ben Harper ranks 1,570 out of 4,381Before him are Brendan Perry, León Gieco, JJ, Eric Stewart, Andy Bell, and Daesung. After him are Masashi Tashiro, Maya Kristalinskaya, Lauri Ylönen, Hanne Krogh, Hemanta Mukherjee, and Girija Devi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Ben Harper ranks 287Before him are Bhagyashree, Bismarck Barreto Faria, Jennifer Ehle, Karina Lombard, Elvir Laković Laka, and Trey Parker. After him are Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, Dolly de Leon, Ralph Ineson, Masaharu Fukuyama, D. B. Woodside, and Yoko Takahagi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Harper ranks 8,531 out of 20,380Before him are Eve Ensler (1953), Byron Haskin (1899), Karl-Anthony Towns (1995), Ginnifer Goodwin (1978), and David Landes (1924). After him are Sofia Carson (1993), Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829), Betsy Brandt (1976), Anthony Anderson (1970), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), Analeigh Tipton (1988), and Ron Woodroof (1950).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Ben Harper ranks 422Before him are Mandy Moore (1984), Tom Lehrer (1928), Jackie DeShannon (1941), Richard Hell (1949), Marlena Shaw (1939), and Betty Davis (1945). After him are Frankie Lymon (1942), Peter Yarrow (1938), Havoc (1974), Leonard Warren (1911), Jonathan Davis (1971), and Missy Elliott (1971).