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Mikael Åkerfeldt

1974 - Today

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Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (Swedish: [ˈmîːkaɛl ˈôːkɛrˌfɛlt]; born 17 April 1974) is a Swedish musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of progressive metal band Opeth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikael Åkerfeldt has received more than 1,031,902 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mikael Åkerfeldt is the 2,114th most popular singer (down from 1,920th in 2019), the 1,086th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 879th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Swedish Singer.

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  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Mikael Åkerfeldt ranks 2,114 out of 3,528Before him are Diego el Cigala, Ewa Farna, Paula Seling, Eiríkur Hauksson, Agnes Carlsson, and Cleo Laine. After him are Keb' Mo', Cyrine Abdelnour, John Waite, Ben Moody, Betty Everett, and Edsilia Rombley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Mikael Åkerfeldt ranks 319Before him are Dominic Raab, Miroslav Šatan, Barry Watson, Rolando Fonseca, Jeremy Sisto, and Hugo Ibarra. After him are Hiroki Takahashi, Alexander Zickler, Samoth, Edvin Marton, Stéphane Sarrazin, and Adriano Gerlin da Silva.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Mikael Åkerfeldt ranks 1,086 out of 1,612Before him are Joachim Björklund (1971), Stefan Lövgren (1970), Ola Lindgren (1964), Jens Bergensten (1979), Daniel Norling (1888), and Agnes Carlsson (1988). After him are Martin Hansson (1971), Christian Lindberg (1958), Oscar Dronjak (1972), Darin Zanyar (1987), Jimmy Durmaz (1989), and Tommy Salo (1971).

Among SINGERS In Sweden

Among singers born in Sweden, Mikael Åkerfeldt ranks 71Before him are Anita Skorgan (1958), Andreas Johnson (1970), Elize Ryd (1984), Jill Johnson (1973), Petra Marklund (1984), and Agnes Carlsson (1988). After him are Darin Zanyar (1987), Pernilla Wahlgren (1967), Sahlene (1976), Sanna Nielsen (1984), Eric Saade (1990), and Tommy Nilsson (1960).