Musician

Steve Albini

American record engineer and rock musician

1962 - 2024

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His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Steve Albini is the 1,963rd most popular musician (up from 2,206th in 2024), the 10,384th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,687th in 2019) and the 764th most popular American Musician.

Steve Albini is most famous for being the frontman of the influential 1980s punk band Big Black, as well as his work as a highly sought-after recording engineer and producer known for capturing aggressive and uncompromising sounds for iconic rock and punk albums such as Nirvana's In Utero.

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Steve Albini shares a July 22 birthday with Janusz Korczak, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, and Arthur Seyss-Inquart.

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Among Musicians

Among musicians, Steve Albini ranks 1,963 out of 3,175. Before him are Baaba Maal, Cedar Walton, Sébastien Izambard, Matthew Tuck, Central Cee, and Flavor Flav. After him are Lily Allen, John Prine, Colin Greenwood, Red Mitchell, Rupert Holmes, and Chris Hillman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Steve Albini ranks 440. Before him are Uwe Hohn, Sabine Busch, Pam Shriver, David Arnold, Toshihiko Seki, and Sergio Casal. After him are Ali Smith, Donato Gama da Silva, Anne Le Ny, Arnaud Montebourg, Colin Clarke, and Janine Turner. Among people deceased in 2024, Steve Albini ranks 470. Before him are David Bordwell, Kenjiro Shinozuka, Achim Müller, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Yamini Krishnamurthy, and José Carlos de Almeida. After him are Georg Riedel, Edward Lowassa, Susan Backlinie, Rupert Keegan, Dayle Haddon, and Aigars Fadejevs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steve Albini ranks 10,384 out of 20,380. Before him are Mavis Staples (1939), Charles Brackett (1892), Robin Givens (1964), Richard Rush (1780), Flavor Flav (1959), and Madge Bellamy (1899). After him are Robert Schwartzman (1982), Una Merkel (1903), Mark Esper (1964), Tim O'Brien (1946), F. Albert Cotton (1930), and Norman Taber (1891).

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Among Musicians In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Steve Albini ranks 764. Before him are Jimmy Heath (1926), Buddy Miles (1947), Steve Gaines (1949), Anthony Braxton (1945), Cedar Walton (1934), and Flavor Flav (1959). After him are John Prine (1946), Red Mitchell (1927), Chris Hillman (1944), Aaron Lewis (1972), Tony MacAlpine (1960), and Paul Motian (1931).

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