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Kurt Cobain

1967 - 1994

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Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the guitarist, primary songwriter and frontman of the rock band Nirvana. Through his angst-fueled songwriting and anti-establishment persona, Cobain's 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 21,621,224 page views. His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 91 in 2019). Kurt Cobain is the 50th most popular singer (down from 48th in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from United States (down from 308th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Singer.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 22M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 93

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Billboard
Forget AI Kurt Cobain: What’s Your Favorite Actual Nirvana Hit?
AI software generated a "new" Nirvana song 27 years after frontman Kurt Cobain's death, but Billboard wants to know which one of the Seattle rock band's actual classics is your favorite.
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The Times of India
New Nirvana Song Written By AI Sounds Like Kurt Cobain Actually Wrote It
Just when you thought AI cannot get any smarter, it finds just the perfect thing to prove you wrong, and now, it has brought Nirvana’s legendary Kurt Cobain back to life in the form of a song. Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence has wri…
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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kurt Cobain ranks 50 out of 3,541. Before him are Phil Collins, Ella Fitzgerald, Eminem, Agnetha Fältskog, Stevie Wonder, and Toto Cutugno. After him are Sarah Vaughan, Joe Dassin, Marvin Gaye, Albano Carrisi, Art Garfunkel, and Constanze Mozart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Kurt Cobain ranks 3. Before him are Vin Diesel and Jason Statham. After him are Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Roberto Baggio, Suman Pokhrel, Jürgen Klopp, David Guetta, Kane, Sung Jae-gi, and Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. Among people deceased in 1994, Kurt Cobain ranks 14. Before him are Erich Honecker, Elias Canetti, Linus Pauling, Ayrton Senna, Andrei Chikatilo, and Burt Lancaster. After him are Giulietta Masina, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Mas Oyama, Léon Degrelle, Paul Feyerabend, and George Peppard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kurt Cobain ranks 343 out of 15,968. Before him are Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), Stevie Wonder (1950), Andrew Johnson (1808), David Carradine (1936), James A. Garfield (1831), and Jerry Lewis (1926). After him are Paul Auster (1947), Angelina Jolie (1975), Richard Bach (1936), Charlie Parker (1920), Mary Cassatt (1844), and Sarah Vaughan (1924).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Kurt Cobain ranks 21. Before him are Aretha Franklin (1942), Barry White (1944), Nina Simone (1933), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Eminem (1972), and Stevie Wonder (1950). After him are Sarah Vaughan (1924), Joe Dassin (1938), Marvin Gaye (1939), Art Garfunkel (1941), Little Richard (1932), and Jennifer Lopez (1969).

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