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Jason Newsted

1963 - Today

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Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the bassist of heavy metal band Metallica from 1986 to 2001. He performed with thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam for the first five years of his career before joining Metallica in October 1986 to succeed Cliff Burton, who died the month prior. Newsted performed on the albums ...And Justice for All (1988), Metallica (1991), Load (1996), and Reload (1997). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jason Newsted has received more than 5,105,126 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Jason Newsted is the 470th most popular musician (down from 443rd in 2019), the 2,531st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,347th in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Musician.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jason Newsted ranks 470 out of 2,662. Before him are Rudolf Serkin, Eugene Ormandy, Captain Beefheart, Robert Miles, Guido Cantelli, and Chucho Valdés. After him are Bert Kaempfert, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bronisław Huberman, Ian McDonald, Salvatore Accardo, and Dee Dee Ramone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Jason Newsted ranks 74. Before him are Stanislav Cherchesov, Gosho Aoyama, Paul Belmondo, Luis Arce, William Baldwin, and Rob Schneider. After him are Anne-Sophie Mutter, Vladimir Petković, Junji Ito, Roberto Donadoni, David Yates, and Hakeem Olajuwon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jason Newsted ranks 2,531 out of 18,182. Before him are Gordon Cooper (1927), Ronald Inglehart (1934), Kelly Bishop (1944), Ariana Grande (1993), Tony Robbins (1960), and Edwin H. Land (1909). After him are Jerry Fodor (1935), Lizzie Borden (1860), Katie Holmes (1978), Beverly D'Angelo (1951), George William Hill (1838), and Martin Chalfie (1947).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jason Newsted ranks 141. Before him are Richie Sambora (1959), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), King Oliver (1881), Dennis Wilson (1944), Philly Joe Jones (1923), and Captain Beefheart (1941). After him are Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Tommy Bolin (1951), Pat Metheny (1954), Coleman Hawkins (1904), Clifford Brown (1930), and Tito Puente (1923).

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