MUSICIAN

Josh Homme

1973 - Today

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Joshua Michael Homme ( HOM-ee; born May 17, 1973) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is best known as the founder and only continuous member of the rock band Queens of the Stone Age, which he formed in 1996. Homme is the band's primary songwriter and mainly sings lead vocals and plays guitar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josh Homme has received more than 7,123,944 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Josh Homme is the 1,990th most popular musician (down from 1,870th in 2019), the 10,259th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,525th in 2019) and the 776th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Josh Homme ranks 1,990 out of 3,175. Before him are Guy Pratt, Adam Yauch, Rico Rodriguez, Vilayat Khan, Blind Boy Fuller, and Boris Berezovsky. After him are Patricia Barber, Richard Fortus, Clive Bunker, Jonny Buckland, Mark King, and Renée Fleming.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Josh Homme ranks 296. Before him are Ljubomir Vranjes, Yoon Sang-hyun, Paola Cortellesi, Zisis Vryzas, Joseba Beloki, and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert. After him are Jaime Camil, David Zepeda, Claudio Reyna, Júnior, Ólafur Stefánsson, and Sonu Sood.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Josh Homme ranks 10,259 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), Edna May Oliver (1883), Carl Osburn (1884), Francis Frederick (1907), John Sloan (1871), and Dorothy Allison (1949). After him are John O. Brennan (1955), Gideon Welles (1802), Patricia Barber (1955), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), Don Muraco (1949), and Richard Florida (1957).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Josh Homme ranks 776. Before him are Mitch Lucker (1984), Tony MacAlpine (1960), Brad Mehldau (1970), Carey Bell (1936), Adam Yauch (1964), and Blind Boy Fuller (1904). After him are Patricia Barber (1955), Richard Fortus (1966), Renée Fleming (1959), Woody Shaw (1944), Magic Slim (1937), and Jeff Ament (1963).

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