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Kevin MacLeod

1972 - Today

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Kevin MacLeod ( mə-KLOWD; born 1972) is an American composer and music producer. Described as "arguably the most prolific composer you’ve never heard of", MacLeod has composed over 2,000 pieces of royalty-free library music and made them available under a Creative Commons copyright license. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin MacLeod has received more than 889,768 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kevin MacLeod is the 1,030th most popular composer (up from 1,121st in 2019), the 5,364th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,399th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Kevin MacLeod ranks 1,030 out of 1,451. Before him are Richard Addinsell, Karen Khachaturian, Robert Gerhard, Vasily Safonov, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, and Daniel Gottlob Türk. After him are Christopher Hogwood, Wolfgang Rihm, Yasushi Akutagawa, Gioseffo Guami, Camargo Guarnieri, and Roman Vlad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Kevin MacLeod ranks 116. Before him are Sandra Kim, Eric Dane, Jennie Garth, Beth Hart, Mohamed Al-Deayea, and Elissa. After him are Grégory Coupet, Nina Badrić, Sergio Massa, Eli Roth, Älihan Smaiylov, and Wil Wheaton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kevin MacLeod ranks 5,364 out of 20,380. Before him are Jay Garner (1938), Keenen Ivory Wayans (1958), Heber Doust Curtis (1872), Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941), Leo Huberman (1903), and Karl Struss (1886). After him are Daniela Ruah (1983), Willie Mays (1931), Art Farmer (1928), Pat Martino (1944), David Crane (1957), and Irwin Winkler (1931).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Kevin MacLeod ranks 55. Before him are Elliott Carter (1908), William Christie (1944), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Walter Piston (1894), Harold Arlen (1905), and Michael Giacchino (1967). After him are Frederic Rzewski (1938), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Leonard Rosenman (1924), Carter Burwell (1954), Raymond Scott (1908), and W. C. Handy (1873).

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