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Meat Loaf

1947 - 2022

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Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. He is one of the best selling music artists in history. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy—Bat Out of Hell (1977), Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006)—has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meat Loaf has received more than 17,792,257 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Meat Loaf is the 91st most popular singer (up from 223rd in 2019), the 594th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,493rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Singer.

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  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Meat Loaf ranks 91 out of 3,528. Before him are Dieter Bohlen, France Gall, Gwen Stefani, Enrique Iglesias, Georges Moustaki, and Art Garfunkel. After him are Yma Sumac, Robin Gibb, Morrissey, Robert Plant, Mercedes Sosa, and Gloria Gaynor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Meat Loaf ranks 36. Before him are Dick Advocaat, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Ali Abdullah Saleh, France Gall, Farrah Fawcett, and Herman Van Rompuy. After him are Gloria Gaynor, Gigliola Cinquetti, Michio Kaku, Ronnie Wood, Richard Griffiths, and Zahi Hawass. Among people deceased in 2022, Meat Loaf ranks 29. Before him are Shinzō Abe, Dietrich Mateschitz, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, James Caan, Margaret Keane, and Robbie Coltrane. After him are Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Wolfgang Petersen, Ben Roy Mottelson, Peter Brook, Olivia Newton-John, and Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Meat Loaf ranks 594 out of 18,182. Before him are Clifford Geertz (1926), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), Kim Novak (1933), Lon Chaney (1883), Art Garfunkel (1941), and Jane Addams (1860). After him are Philip Glass (1937), Demi Moore (1962), Glenn Miller (1904), Jim Mattis (1950), Bill Evans (1929), and Michael Keaton (1951).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Meat Loaf ranks 35. Before him are Glen Campbell (1936), Prince (1958), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), Steven Tyler (1948), Gwen Stefani (1969), and Art Garfunkel (1941). After him are Gloria Gaynor (1947), Donna Summer (1948), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Bing Crosby (1903), Roy Orbison (1936), and Dolly Parton (1946).

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