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MUSICIAN

Layne Staley

1967 - 2002

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Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley; August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) was an American singer and songwriter who was the original lead vocalist of Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle's grunge movement. He was known for his distinctive vocal style as well as his harmonizing with bandmate Jerry Cantrell. Prior to his success with Alice in Chains, Staley was also a member of the glam metal bands Sleze and Alice N' Chains. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Layne Staley has received more than 11,255,936 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Layne Staley is the 960th most popular musician (down from 923rd in 2019), the 4,722nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,568th in 2019) and the 337th most popular American Musician.

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  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Layne Staley ranks 960 out of 2,662Before him are Francis Cabrel, Larry Coryell, Diana Krall, Sean Paul, Barney Kessel, and David Paich. After him are Zakk Wylde, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Lennie Tristano, Pharoah Sanders, and Art Farmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Layne Staley ranks 120Before him are Ai Yazawa, Yordan Letchkov, Thomas Muster, Melanie Thornton, Megumi Hayashibara, and Jonathan Littell. After him are Zakk Wylde, Ciro Ferrara, Maher al-Assad, Charb, Sable, and Dino Rađa. Among people deceased in 2002, Layne Staley ranks 158Before him are Gabrielle Wittkop, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Ramón Grosso, Elie Hobeika, Lolita Torres, and Eusebio Tejera. After him are Sune Andersson, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Ong Teng Cheong, Vitaly Solomin, Ernst Stojaspal, and John Agar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Layne Staley ranks 4,722 out of 18,182Before him are Carol Potter (1948), Laurene Powell Jobs (1963), David Paich (1954), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Jimi Jamison (1951), and Jonathan Winters (1925). After him are Daniel Kirkwood (1814), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), Edmund Muskie (1914), W. Averell Harriman (1891), Zakk Wylde (1967), and Samuel T. Cohen (1921).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Layne Staley ranks 337Before him are Albert Collins (1932), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), Pitbull (1981), Larry Coryell (1943), Barney Kessel (1923), and David Paich (1954). After him are Zakk Wylde (1967), Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), Lennie Tristano (1919), Pharoah Sanders (1940), Art Farmer (1928), and Big Joe Turner (1911).