MUSICIAN

Daron Malakian

1975 - Today

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Daron Malakian (Armenian: Դարոն Մալաքյան; born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian-American musician. He is the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of the metal band System of a Down, and the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter of Scars on Broadway. Malakian was ranked 47th in Loudwire's list of "Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time" and number 11 in MusicRadar's poll "The 20 Greatest Metal Guitarists Ever". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daron Malakian has received more than 3,479,383 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Daron Malakian is the 977th most popular musician (down from 865th in 2019), the 4,746th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,303rd in 2019) and the 319th most popular American Musician.

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  • 48

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  • 5.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Daron Malakian ranks 977 out of 3,175Before him are Arvīds Jansons, Eddy Grant, Tuomas Holopainen, Gábor Szabó, Corey Taylor, and Candy Dulfer. After him are Phil Campbell, Charlie Haden, Dick Parry, Wolf Hoffmann, Ted Nugent, and John Mayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Daron Malakian ranks 71Before him are Sophie Wilmès, Joey Jordison, Elena Anaya, Gary Neville, Taika Waititi, and Paula Patton. After him are Walid Regragui, Veselin Topalov, Jamie Oliver, Brandon Sanderson, Aron Ralston, and Rubén Baraja.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daron Malakian ranks 4,746 out of 20,380Before him are Gary Gygax (1938), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), Frances Cleveland (1864), Susanna M. Salter (1860), RuPaul (1960), and Harry Hammond Hess (1906). After him are Jerry Schatzberg (1927), Jerry Zucker (1950), Vince Neil (1961), Joe Haldeman (1943), Alice Paul (1885), and Carol Burnett (1933).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Daron Malakian ranks 319Before him are Scott Travis (1961), Amy Lee (1981), Barney Kessel (1923), Dimebag Darrell (1966), Matisyahu (1979), and Corey Taylor (1973). After him are Charlie Haden (1937), Ted Nugent (1948), John Mayer (1977), Tommy Thayer (1960), Blackie Lawless (1956), and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895).