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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 9,193,880 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Corey Taylor is the 896th most popular musician (down from 748th in 2019), the 4,421st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,824th in 2019) and the 306th most popular American Musician.

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  • 9.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Corey Taylor ranks 896 out of 2,662. Before him are Theodor Kullak, Angélique Kidjo, Paul Chambers, Todd Rundgren, Neil Peart, and Svend Asmussen. After him are Tommy Aldridge, Pete Burns, Paul Butterfield, Vitas, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Benny Benassi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Corey Taylor ranks 80. Before him are Holly Marie Combs, Pharrell Williams, Fatih Akin, Hande Yener, Brian Austin Green, and Hiromu Arakawa. After him are Ioan Gruffudd, Sasha Alexander, Luis Lacalle Pou, Jan Ullrich, Tim Kang, and Nikolai Valuev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Corey Taylor ranks 4,421 out of 18,182. Before him are Paul Chambers (1935), Mary Edwards Walker (1832), Todd Rundgren (1948), Charles Fort (1874), David Zucker (1947), and Juanita Moore (1914). After him are Joan Osborne (1962), Tommy Aldridge (1950), Vince Gilligan (1967), Paul Butterfield (1942), James J. Corbett (1866), and Tab Hunter (1931).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Corey Taylor ranks 306. Before him are John Lewis (1920), Alice Coltrane (1937), Country Joe McDonald (1942), Desmond Child (1953), Paul Chambers (1935), and Todd Rundgren (1948). After him are Tommy Aldridge (1950), Paul Butterfield (1942), Jack DeJohnette (1942), Stanley Clarke (1951), Michael Brecker (1949), and James Kottak (1962).

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