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Butch Vig

1955 - Today

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Bryan David "Butch" Vig (born August 2, 1955) is an American musician, record producer, and songwriter who is the drummer and co-producer of the rock band Garbage. Known for producing the diamond-selling Nirvana album Nevermind (1991), Vig also produced for several other alternative rock acts of the 1990s, including the Smashing Pumpkins, L7, and Sonic Youth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Butch Vig has received more than 1,774,935 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Butch Vig is the 1,692nd most popular musician (up from 1,717th in 2019), the 8,521st most popular biography from United States (up from 8,675th in 2019) and the 625th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Butch Vig ranks 1,692 out of 3,175. Before him are Johnny Marr, Pino Palladino, Dan Hartman, Jarvis Cocker, Seu Jorge, and Richie Kotzen. After him are Harry Winter, Uli Kusch, Bukka White, Jimmy Miller, Lee Ranaldo, and Chad Channing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Butch Vig ranks 387. Before him are Glynis Barber, Leslie Jordan, Jan Poortvliet, Paul Stoddart, Dimitris Koutsoumpas, and Franco Tancredi. After him are Alfredo Castro, Marcelo Trobbiani, Reinhold Mitterlehner, Taco, Uwe Reinders, and Edmund Ho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Butch Vig ranks 8,521 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Haywood (1869), Paul Williams (1940), Les Clark (1907), Frank Tashlin (1913), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), and Regina Hall (1970). After him are Kellan Lutz (1985), Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822), James Burnham (1905), Rashida Jones (1976), Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), and Julie Taymor (1952).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Butch Vig ranks 625. Before him are Nick Jonas (1992), Marc Ribot (1954), Billy Strayhorn (1915), Thurston Moore (1958), Dan Hartman (1950), and Richie Kotzen (1970). After him are Bukka White (1906), Jimmy Miller (1942), Lee Ranaldo (1956), Chad Channing (1967), Hal Blaine (1929), and Laura Nyro (1947).

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