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Devin Townsend

1972 - Today

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Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He founded extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from 1994 to 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Devin Townsend has received more than 3,152,608 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Devin Townsend is the 1,726th most popular musician (down from 1,642nd in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from Canada (down from 454th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Devin Townsend ranks 1,726 out of 2,662. Before him are Tomatito, Laurent Garnier, Butch Vig, Howard Donald, Nikolai Lugansky, and David Bedford. After him are Spencer Dryden, Alan Jay Lerner, Blue Mitchell, James Cotton, Neal Schon, and John Sebastian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Devin Townsend ranks 228. Before him are Hiroyuki Takei, Mili Avital, Alexei Shirov, Andrey Melnichenko, Nikolai Lugansky, and Maya Rudolph. After him are Christian von Koenigsegg, Darío Silva, Daniel Elena, Darren Shan, Ai Iijima, and Stefan Everts.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Devin Townsend ranks 491 out of 1,350. Before him are Garth Hudson (1937), Walter Byron (1894), Gil Bellows (1967), Wendy Crewson (1956), Shannon Tweed (1957), and Leslie Hope (1965). After him are Charles Tupper (1821), Justin Chatwin (1982), Taylor Kitsch (1981), Carly Rae Jepsen (1985), Jane Bell (1910), and Toller Cranston (1949).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Devin Townsend ranks 27. Before him are Daniel Lanois (1951), Alex Lifeson (1953), Rick Danko (1943), Richard Manuel (1943), Kenny Wheeler (1930), and Garth Hudson (1937). After him are Jeff Healey (1966), Sarah McLachlan (1968), Angela Hewitt (1958), Hank Snow (1914), Guy Lombardo (1902), and Adam Gontier (1978).

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