1975 - Today
Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen (Finnish: [ˈtoniˌʋilːe ˈhenrik ˈʋirtɑnen]; born July 17, 1975), better known by his stage name Darude (), is a Finnish DJ and record producer from Eura, Satakunta. His music is characterised by its progressive/uplifting style. He started making music in 1995 and released the platinum-selling hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Darude has received more than 1,076,760 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Darude is the 1,454th most popular musician (down from 1,337th in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from Finland (down from 247th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Finnish Musician.
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Among musicians, Darude ranks 1,454 out of 2,662. Before him are Robin Trower, Simon Wright, Tim Bogert, Zhanna Bichevskaya, Nancy Wilson, and Brigitte Engerer. After him are Jens Johansson, Ramsey Lewis, Mishary Rashid Alafasy, Johnny Marr, Cliff Martinez, and Daniel Lanois.
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 1,448
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 1,449
1944 - 2021
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 1,450
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 1,451
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 1,452
1952 - 2012
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 1,453
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 1,454
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 1,455
1935 - 2022
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 1,456
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 1,457
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 1,458
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 1,459
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 1,460
Among people born in 1975, Darude ranks 121. Before him are M.I.A., Peter Pellegrini, Vivian Hsu, Gala, Néstor Pitana, and Sebastián Rulli. After him are Lee Sun-kyun, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy, Preity Zinta, Carlos Sastre, Viktor Kassai, and Buvaisar Saitiev.
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 115
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 116
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 117
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 118
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 119
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 120
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 121
1975 - 2023
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 122
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 123
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 124
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 125
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 126
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 127
Among people born in Finland, Darude ranks 288 out of 642. Before him are Eino Leino (1891), Urho Castrén (1886), Kaija Mustonen (1941), Fredi (1942), Pauli Nevala (1940), and Sakari Tuomioja (1911). After him are Kjell Westö (1961), Veli Saarinen (1902), Bruno Ahlberg (1911), Kirka (1950), Sulo Nurmela (1908), and Matti Sippala (1908).
1891 - 1986
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 282
1886 - 1965
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 283
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 284
1942 - 2021
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 285
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 286
1911 - 1964
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 287
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 288
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 289
1902 - 1969
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 290
1911 - 1966
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 291
1950 - 2007
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 292
1908 - 1999
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 293
1908 - 1997
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 294
Among musicians born in Finland, Darude ranks 8. Before him are Tuomas Holopainen (1976), Alexi Laiho (1979), Aarre Merikanto (1893), Timo Tolkki (1966), Jukka Nevalainen (1978), and Emppu Vuorinen (1978). After him are Mr Lordi (1974), Juice Leskinen (1950), Sami Vänskä (1976), Carita Holmström (1954), Roope Latvala (1970), and Jonne Järvelä (1974).
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 2
1979 - 2020
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 3
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 4
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 5
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 7
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 8
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 9
1950 - 2006
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 12
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 13
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 14