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Blaze Bayley

1963 - Today

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Blaze Bayley (born Bayley Alexander Cooke, 29 May 1963) is an English heavy metal singer. He was the lead singer of Wolfsbane from 1984 to 1994 (and currently since 2010, following reunions in 2007 and 2009). He was also the lead singer of Iron Maiden during Bruce Dickinson's absence from 1994 to 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blaze Bayley has received more than 1,115,517 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Blaze Bayley is the 852nd most popular singer (down from 754th in 2019), the 2,517th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,414th in 2019) and the 90th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Blaze Bayleys by language

Over the past year Blaze Bayley has had the most page views in the with 128,183 views, followed by Spanish (29,879), and German (21,407). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (50.28%), Faroese (43.74%), and West Frisian (29.88%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Blaze Bayley ranks 852 out of 4,381. Before him are George Baker, Inna, Majida El Roumi, Rob Pilatus, Shirley Horn, and Raquel Meller. After him are François Delsarte, Tommy Körberg, Pablo Milanés, Patachou, Bhimsen Joshi, and Burning Spear.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Blaze Bayley ranks 160. Before him are Zurab Zhvania, David Seaman, Phoolan Devi, Hans Gillhaus, Érik Comas, and Hugh Bonneville. After him are Phan Thi Kim Phuc, Karl Markovics, Miroslav Lajčák, Aslan Bzhania, Elvira Nabiullina, and Jørn Andersen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Blaze Bayley ranks 2,517 out of 8,785. Before him are Andrew Lang (1844), Tony Abbott (1957), John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), William Cowper (1731), Matt Smith (1982), and Natalie Dormer (1982). After him are Anna Kingsford (1846), Colin Bell (1946), Vincent Regan (1965), Tommy Lawrence (1940), Minnie Driver (1970), and Divina Galica (1944).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Blaze Bayley ranks 90. Before him are Kevin Ayers (1944), Fish (1958), Midge Ure (1953), Kiki Dee (1947), Peter Frampton (1950), and Liam Payne (1993). After him are Bryan Johnson (1926), Elaine Paige (1948), Biff Byford (1951), Arthur Brown (1942), Paul Potts (1970), and Chris Lowe (1959).

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