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Corey Taylor

1973 - Today

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Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, and sole continuous member of the rock band Stone Sour.Taylor co-founded Stone Sour with drummer Joel Ekman in 1992, playing in the Des Moines, Iowa area, and working on a demo. He joined Slipknot in 1997 to replace their original lead singer Anders Colsefni and has subsequently released seven studio albums with them. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Corey Taylor has received more than 9,101,899 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Corey Taylor is the 975th most popular musician (down from 893rd in 2019), the 4,733rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,409th in 2019) and the 318th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Corey Taylors by language

Over the past year Corey Taylor has had the most page views in the with 1,387,918 views, followed by Spanish (163,397), and German (154,896). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (90.65%), Ukrainian (76.59%), and Dutch (68.83%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Corey Taylor ranks 975 out of 3,175. Before him are Dimebag Darrell, Matisyahu, Arvīds Jansons, Eddy Grant, Tuomas Holopainen, and Gábor Szabó. After him are Candy Dulfer, Daron Malakian, Phil Campbell, Charlie Haden, Dick Parry, and Wolf Hoffmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Corey Taylor ranks 102. Before him are Essam El Hadary, Roman Golovchenko, Nikos Christodoulides, Vincent Candela, Hande Yener, and Tijani Babangida. After him are Dejan Bodiroga, Semmy Schilt, Tim Kang, Michael Reiziger, Roselyn Sánchez, and Igor Matovič.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Corey Taylor ranks 4,733 out of 20,380. Before him are Willie Garson (1964), Peter Revson (1939), Alvan Clark (1804), Paula Patton (1975), Frederic Clements (1874), and John Spencer (1946). After him are Howard Stern (1954), George Seaton (1911), Kenneth Nichols (1907), John Bennett Perry (1941), Ward Bond (1903), and Carrie Snodgress (1945).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Corey Taylor ranks 318. Before him are Sammy Hagar (1947), Scott Travis (1961), Amy Lee (1981), Barney Kessel (1923), Dimebag Darrell (1966), and Matisyahu (1979). After him are Daron Malakian (1975), Charlie Haden (1937), Ted Nugent (1948), John Mayer (1977), Tommy Thayer (1960), and Blackie Lawless (1956).

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