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Deadmau5

1981 - Today

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Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as deadmau5 (pronounced "dead-mouse"), is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. He mainly produces progressive house and electro house music, though he also produces and DJs other genres of electronic music, including techno under the alias Testpilot. Zimmerman has received six Grammy Award nominations for his work. He has worked with other DJs and producers, such as Kaskade, Wolfgang Gartner, Rob Swire, and Chris Lake. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Deadmau5 has received more than 6,467,004 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Deadmau5 is the 2,335th most popular musician (down from 2,058th in 2019), the 733rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 610th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Canadian Musician.

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  • 6.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Deadmau5 ranks 2,335 out of 2,662Before him are Lost Frequencies, Tom Robinson, Shagrath, Joey Santiago, John Otto, and Meghan Trainor. After him are Leon Wilkeson, Edward Maya, Natalie Merchant, Mikael Stanne, Alex Webster, and Panjabi MC.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Deadmau5 ranks 340Before him are Gianmaria Bruni, Matteo Brighi, Joe Johnson, Søren Larsen, Felix Zwayer, and Ivan Ergić. After him are Kyle Korver, Olivier Rochus, Floriana Lima, Quim Gutiérrez, Mai Nakahara, and Cédric Carrasso.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Deadmau5 ranks 733 out of 1,350Before him are Cliff Thorburn (1948), Allen Berg (1961), Bob Houbregs (1932), Jagmeet Singh (1979), Ray Bourque (1960), and June Havoc (1912). After him are Steve MacLean (1954), Christian Cage (1973), George Eaton (1945), Sylvia Fedoruk (1927), Timothy Findley (1930), and Victor Webster (1973).

Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Deadmau5 ranks 38Before him are Guy Lombardo (1902), Adam Gontier (1978), Shawn Drover (1966), John Rutsey (1952), Bruce Fairbairn (1949), and Sam Rivers (1977). After him are Michael Brook (1952), Isabelle Boulay (1972), Hugh Dillon (1963), Tiga (1974), Daniel Adair (1975), and Jason McCaslin (1980).

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