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Marty Friedman

1962 - Today

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Martin Adam Friedman (Japanese: マーティン・アダム・フリードマン, Hepburn: Mātin Adamu Furīdoman) (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 until 1989, as well as his 13 solo albums and tours. Friedman has resided in Tokyo since 2003, where he has appeared on over 700 Japanese television programs such as Rock Fujiyama, Hebimeta-san, Kōhaku Uta Gassen and Jukebox English. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marty Friedman has received more than 1,633,096 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Marty Friedman is the 608th most popular musician (down from 547th in 2019), the 3,168th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,867th in 2019) and the 186th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Marty Friedman ranks 608 out of 2,662. Before him are Claude Bolling, Julian Fontana, Elvis Costello, Jeff Buckley, Pierre Rode, and David Knopfler. After him are Frank Beard, Mark Hollis, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Enrico Toselli, GG Allin, and Michael Stipe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Marty Friedman ranks 83. Before him are Clark Gregg, Gina Gershon, Shinya Yamanaka, Sebastian Koch, Sheryl Crow, and Patrick Ewing. After him are Julio Salinas, Anthony Edwards, Hillel Slovak, Joan Cusack, François-Henri Pinault, and Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marty Friedman ranks 3,168 out of 18,182. Before him are Chris O'Donnell (1970), John Krasinski (1979), James Hong (1929), Adam McKay (1968), Katharine Houghton (1945), and Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860). After him are Julian Rotter (1916), Jackie Cooper (1922), Frank Beard (1949), Raymond Smullyan (1919), Howard S. Becker (1928), and John Barth (1930).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Marty Friedman ranks 186. Before him are Curtis Mayfield (1942), Willy DeVille (1950), Lead Belly (1888), Ben Webster (1909), Dick Dale (1937), and Jeff Buckley (1966). After him are Frank Beard (1949), GG Allin (1956), Michael Stipe (1960), Chaka Khan (1953), Kenny Clarke (1914), and Horace Silver (1928).

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