MUSICIAN

Kerry King

1964 - Today

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Kerry Ray King (born June 3, 1964) is an American musician, best known for being the co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer. He co-founded the band with Jeff Hanneman in 1981 and is one of two members to stay with the band for its 43-year existence, along with Tom Araya. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kerry King has received more than 2,475,396 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Kerry King is the 737th most popular musician (up from 837th in 2019), the 3,747th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,169th in 2019) and the 228th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kerry King ranks 737 out of 3,175. Before him are Hilton Valentine, Tim Buckley, Steve Jones, Jørgen Ingmann, Julian Fontana, and David Garrett. After him are Fritz Busch, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Bix Beiderbecke, Jim Hall, McCoy Tyner, and Karol Mikuli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Kerry King ranks 113. Before him are Rob Lowe, Sertab Erener, Francesca Neri, Crispin Glover, Tracy Chapman, and Dan Sullivan. After him are Hank Azaria, Bret Easton Ellis, Nino Burjanadze, H.P. Baxxter, Lee Jae-myung, and Bjarne Riis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kerry King ranks 3,747 out of 20,380. Before him are Peggy Lipton (1946), Tuesday Weld (1943), William Baldwin (1963), Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Logan Paul (1995), and Red Auerbach (1917). After him are Lee Konitz (1927), Fergie (1975), John C. Breckinridge (1821), Lloyd Bacon (1889), Traci Lords (1968), and Bruce Sterling (1954).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Kerry King ranks 228. Before him are Max Roach (1924), Herb Alpert (1935), Willie Dixon (1915), Horace Silver (1928), Ron McGovney (1962), and Tim Buckley (1947). After him are Bix Beiderbecke (1903), Jim Hall (1930), McCoy Tyner (1938), Eric Singer (1958), Wanda Jackson (1937), and Jim Croce (1943).

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