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Lucky Dube

1910 - 1964

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Lucky Philip Dube (pronounced duu-beh; 3 August 1964 – 18 October 2007) was a South African reggae musician and Rastafarian. His record sales across the world earned him the Best Selling African Musician prize at the 1996 World Music Awards. In his lyrics, Dube discussed issues affecting South Africans and Africans in general to a global audience. He recorded 22 albums in a 25-year period and was Africa's best-selling reggae artist of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucky Dube is the 1,765th most popular musician (up from 1,912th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from South Africa and the 5th most popular South African Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lucky Dube ranks 1,765 out of 3,175. Before him are Simon Barere, Brain, Lee Ranaldo, Nobuko Imai, Shelly Manne, and Hugh Hopper. After him are Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga, Mike Mills, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Chuck Mangione, Rick Allen, and Glenn Cornick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Lucky Dube ranks 350. Before him are Alois Schnabel, Alexandru Cuedan, María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Károly Takács, Grațian Sepi, and Henri Louveau. After him are Gerd Hornberger, Gordon B. Hinckley, Gavino Matta, Lien Gisolf, Tom Richards, and Jack Lovelock. Among people deceased in 1964, Lucky Dube ranks 176. Before him are Diana Wynyard, Carlos Hevia, Eberardo Villalobos, José María Belauste, János Urányi, and James Chapin. After him are Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Jack Teagarden, Fred Tootell, Robert Warwick, Guru Dutt, and C. J. Hambro.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Lucky Dube ranks 160 out of 454. Before him are Bram Fischer (1908), Devdas Gandhi (1900), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Johan Kriek (1958), Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981), and Cecil McMaster (1895). After him are Neville Lederle (1938), Justin Gabriel (1981), Tony Maggs (1937), Kimbal Musk (1972), Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1982), and Doug Serrurier (1920).

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Among MUSICIANS In South Africa

Among musicians born in South Africa, Lucky Dube ranks 5. Before him are Manfred Mann (1940), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), Hugh Masekela (1939), and Trevor Rabin (1954). After him are Eddie Kramer (1942), J. R. Rotem (1975), and Kevin Shirley (1960).

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