1975 - Today
Elias "E.Vil" Einari Johannes Viljanen (born 8 July 1975) is a Finnish musician from Tampere, Finland, known for being the guitarist for Sonata Arctica since 2007. Viljanen joined Sonata Arctica in spring 2007 in order to replace Jani Liimatainen, who left the band in August 2007 to fulfill his civil duties in Finland. The decision was only made official on 8 August 2007, but Elias Viljanen had been known to replace Liimatainen in concerts during the spring and summer tour. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elias Viljanen has received more than 58,807 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Elias Viljanen is the 2,628th most popular musician (down from 2,424th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from Finland (down from 409th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Finnish Musician.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among musicians, Elias Viljanen ranks 2,628 out of 2,662. Before him are Bear McCreary, Paul Allender, Nick O'Malley, Jason McCaslin, Youth, and Chad Hugo. After him are Mike Paradinas, Kelly Jones, Peter Iwers, Ray Toro, Steve Forrest, and Chris Stapleton.
1979 - Present
HPI: 31.72
Rank: 2,622
1970 - Present
HPI: 31.72
Rank: 2,623
1985 - Present
HPI: 31.71
Rank: 2,624
1980 - Present
HPI: 31.64
Rank: 2,625
1960 - Present
HPI: 31.59
Rank: 2,626
1974 - Present
HPI: 31.59
Rank: 2,627
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.54
Rank: 2,628
1971 - Present
HPI: 31.50
Rank: 2,629
1974 - Present
HPI: 31.49
Rank: 2,630
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.48
Rank: 2,631
1977 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 2,632
1986 - Present
HPI: 31.40
Rank: 2,633
1978 - Present
HPI: 31.38
Rank: 2,634
Among people born in 1975, Elias Viljanen ranks 639. Before him are Hans Petter Buraas, Eugene Byrd, Bill Tchato, Takuya Onishi, Kazuo Shimizu, and Ricardo Souza Silva. After him are Michael Barry, Peter Iwers, Léo, Venetian Snares, George Stults, and Craig Thompson.
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.64
Rank: 633
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.64
Rank: 634
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.60
Rank: 635
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.59
Rank: 636
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.57
Rank: 637
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.54
Rank: 638
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.54
Rank: 639
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.50
Rank: 640
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.48
Rank: 641
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.47
Rank: 642
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.46
Rank: 643
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.42
Rank: 644
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.41
Rank: 645
Among people born in Finland, Elias Viljanen ranks 527 out of 642. Before him are Juho Sunila (1875), Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (1970), Henkka Seppälä (1980), Aki Riihilahti (1976), Hanna Pakarinen (1981), and Harri Olli (1985). After him are Mikko Koivu (1983), Juuso Pykälistö (1975), Katri Kulmuni (1987), Thomas Johanson (1969), Mikko Kolehmainen (1964), and Veli-Matti Lindström (1983).
1875 - 1936
HPI: 31.96
Rank: 521
1970 - Present
HPI: 31.94
Rank: 522
1980 - Present
HPI: 31.93
Rank: 523
1976 - Present
HPI: 31.92
Rank: 524
1981 - Present
HPI: 31.76
Rank: 525
1985 - Present
HPI: 31.61
Rank: 526
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.54
Rank: 527
1983 - Present
HPI: 31.45
Rank: 528
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.40
Rank: 529
1987 - Present
HPI: 31.27
Rank: 530
1969 - Present
HPI: 30.94
Rank: 531
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.85
Rank: 532
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.83
Rank: 533
Among musicians born in Finland, Elias Viljanen ranks 28. Before him are Lauri Porra (1977), Janne Wirman (1979), Perttu Kivilaakso (1978), Nick Gore (1974), Stala (1974), and Henkka Seppälä (1980). After him are Chisu (1982).
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.80
Rank: 22
1979 - Present
HPI: 34.71
Rank: 23
1978 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 24
1974 - Present
HPI: 33.16
Rank: 25
1974 - Present
HPI: 32.87
Rank: 26
1980 - Present
HPI: 31.93
Rank: 27
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.54
Rank: 28
1982 - Present
HPI: 30.09
Rank: 29