MUSICIAN

Elias Viljanen

1975 - Today

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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 2,841st most popular musician (down from 2,616th in 2019), the 588th most popular biography from Finland (down from 523rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Finnish Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Elias Viljanens by language

Over the past year Elias Viljanen has had the most page views in the with 5,935 views, followed by Finnish (2,903), and Spanish (1,401). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (92.64%), Catalan (56.08%), and Hungarian (44.72%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Elias Viljanen ranks 2,841 out of 3,175. Before him are Beth Orton, Bernard Butler, Fredrik Åkesson, Bill Callahan, Matt Heafy, and Brian Blade. After him are Joey Castillo, Ray Chen, Hua Chenyu, Jonas Blue, Michael Schulte, and Geoff Barrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Elias Viljanen ranks 730. Before him are Ekta Kapoor, Guillermo Díaz, Christopher Landon, Anna Gabriel i Sabaté, Shane Carwin, and Anabel Conde. After him are Tonje Larsen, Kimora Lee Simmons, Jared Polis, Sergio Ballesteros, Jason Lezak, and Luciano Siqueira de Oliveira.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Elias Viljanen ranks 588 out of 751. Before him are Anssi Koivuranta (1988), Jarkko Ruutu (1975), Arsi Harju (1974), Aki Riihilahti (1976), Hanna Pakarinen (1981), and Jaana Pelkonen (1977). After him are Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (1970), Riitta-Liisa Roponen (1978), Anna Abreu (1990), Iivo Niskanen (1992), Mira Potkonen (1980), and Ville Nieminen (1977).

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Among MUSICIANS In Finland

Among musicians born in Finland, Elias Viljanen ranks 25. Before him are Jaska Raatikainen (1979), Jari Mäenpää (1977), Perttu Kivilaakso (1978), Janne Wirman (1979), Petri Lindroos (1980), and Stala (1974). After him are Henkka Seppälä (1980), and Chisu (1982).

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