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Dead

1969 - 1991

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Per Yngve "Pelle" Ohlin (16 January 1969 – 8 April 1991), better known by his stage name Dead, was a Swedish musician who was best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem from 1988 until his death in 1991. Prior to Mayhem, he performed as the vocalist in the Swedish death/thrash band Morbid. Dead was a popular figure of the Norwegian black metal scene, and his legacy persists in the genre to this day. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dead has received more than 234,931 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Dead is the 689th most popular singer (up from 691st in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 409th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Swedish Singer.

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  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Dead ranks 689 out of 4,381. Before him are Helen Reddy, Robertino Loreti, Lee Hazlewood, Grethe Ingmann, Angelo Branduardi, and Peggy March. After him are Joseph Schmidt, Udit Narayan, Cesare Siepi, Jungkook, Ian Dury, and Sumi Jo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Dead ranks 94. Before him are Jay-Z, Fernando Couto, Hugo Maradona, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Faustino Asprilla, and Ilir Meta. After him are Max Cavalera, Faye Wong, Antônio Carlos Zago, Jason Clarke, Tanita Tikaram, and Ibn al-Khattab. Among people deceased in 1991, Dead ranks 105. Before him are Yasushi Inoue, Étienne Decroux, Franco Maria Malfatti, Metin Oktay, Hitoshi Igarashi, and Mario Scelba. After him are Rufino Tamayo, Andrzej Panufnik, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Nicholas Poppe, Miodrag Bulatović, and Abderrahmane Farès.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Dead ranks 403 out of 1,879. Before him are Bengt Strömgren (1908), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Malena Ernman (1970), Peter Haber (1952), Sigrid of Sweden (1566), and Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660). After him are Bengt Gustavsson (1928), Avicii (1989), Pia Sundhage (1960), Slim Borgudd (1946), Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874), and Peter Artedi (1705).

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Among SINGERS In Sweden

Among singers born in Sweden, Dead ranks 21. Before him are Anette Olzon (1971), Anne Sofie von Otter (1955), Evert Taube (1890), Monica Zetterlund (1937), Christina Nilsson (1843), and Malena Ernman (1970). After him are E-Type (1965), Björn Skifs (1947), Ingvar Wixell (1931), Carola Häggkvist (1966), Tommy Körberg (1948), and Alexander Bard (1961).

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