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Kurt Cobain

1967 - 1994

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Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the grunge band Nirvana. Through his angsty songwriting and anti-establishment persona, his compositions widened the thematic conventions of mainstream rock music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Cobain has received more than 35,186,739 page views. His biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). Kurt Cobain is the 64th most popular singer (down from 57th in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from United States (down from 378th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Singer.

Kurt Cobain is most famous for being the lead singer and guitarist of the band Nirvana.

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  • 35M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 96

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kurt Cobain ranks 64 out of 4,381. Before him are Jennifer Lopez, Harry Nilsson, Salvatore Adamo, Kate Bush, George Michael, and Marianne Faithfull. After him are Anthony Kiedis, Rod Stewart, Florence Foster Jenkins, Sarah Vaughan, Carlos Gardel, and Billie Holiday.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Kurt Cobain ranks 7. Before him are Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Roberto Baggio, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, and Anna Nicole Smith. After him are Jürgen Klopp, David Guetta, Sung Jae-gi, Kane, Mikheil Saakashvili, and Pamela Anderson. Among people deceased in 1994, Kurt Cobain ranks 19. Before him are Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Burt Lancaster, Andrei Chikatilo, Harry Nilsson, and Melina Mercouri. After him are Mas Oyama, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Léon Degrelle, Paul Feyerabend, Jan Tinbergen, and Dorothy Hodgkin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kurt Cobain ranks 390 out of 20,380. Before him are Angela Davis (1944), Ryan O'Neal (1941), Dan Brown (1964), Ruth Handler (1916), Edward Drinker Cope (1840), and Sylvia Plath (1932). After him are Brian De Palma (1940), Anthony Kiedis (1962), Martin Sheen (1940), Jimmy Wales (1966), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), and Joseph Henry (1797).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Kurt Cobain ranks 26. Before him are Nina Simone (1933), Stevie Wonder (1950), Eminem (1972), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Jennifer Lopez (1969), and Harry Nilsson (1941). After him are Anthony Kiedis (1962), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), Sarah Vaughan (1924), Billie Holiday (1915), Prince (1958), and The Notorious B.I.G. (1972).

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