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Jimmy Cliff

1948 - Today

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James Chambers, OM (born 30 July 1944), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, is a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor. He is the only living reggae musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievements in the arts and sciences. Cliff is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as "Many Rivers to Cross", "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "The Harder They Come", "Reggae Night", and "Hakuna Matata", and his covers of Cat Stevens's "Wild World" and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film Cool Runnings. He starred in the film The Harder They Come, which helped popularize reggae around the world, and Club Paradise. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Cliff is the 296th most popular singer (up from 324th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 8th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Jamaican Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jimmy Cliff ranks 296 out of 4,381. Before him are Christa Ludwig, Connie Francis, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Peng Liyuan, André Claveau, and Travis Scott. After him are Mario Lanza, Sezen Aksu, Ben E. King, Rashid Behbudov, Karen Carpenter, and Ajda Pekkan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Jimmy Cliff ranks 113. Before him are Akira Yoshino, Randy Schekman, Krešimir Ćosić, James Ellroy, Mischa Maisky, and George Abela. After him are Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Pedro López, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, Carel Struycken, Don Airey, and Jesper Christensen.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff ranks 10 out of 189. Before him are John Barnes (1963), Ben Johnson (1961), Usain Bolt (1986), Patrick Allen (1951), Max Romeo (1944), and Peter Tosh (1944). After him are Marcus Garvey (1887), Violet Brown (1900), Stuart Hall (1932), Liz Mitchell (1952), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), and Trevor Berbick (1954).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff ranks 3. Before him are Grace Jones (1948), and Max Romeo (1944). After him are Liz Mitchell (1952), Millie Small (1947), Jacob Miller (1952), Cedella Booker (1926), Shaggy (1968), Bunny Wailer (1947), Burning Spear (1945), Carl Douglas (1942), and Gregory Isaacs (1951).

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