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Steve Albini

1962 - 2024

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Steven Frank Albini (; July 22, 1962 – May 7, 2024) was an American musician and audio engineer. He founded and fronted the influential post-hardcore and noise rock bands Big Black (1981–1987), Rapeman (1987–1989) and Shellac (1992–2024), and engineered acclaimed albums like the Pixies' Surfer Rosa (1988), PJ Harvey's Rid of Me and Nirvana's In Utero (both 1993). Albini was born in Pasadena, California, and raised in Missoula, Montana. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Albini has received more than 3,891,401 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Steve Albini is the 2,206th most popular musician (down from 1,975th in 2019), the 11,693rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,268th in 2019) and the 887th most popular American Musician.

Steve Albini is most famous for being the frontman of the influential 1980s punk band Big Black, as well as his work as a highly sought-after recording engineer and producer known for capturing aggressive and uncompromising sounds for iconic rock and punk albums such as Nirvana's In Utero.

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  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Steve Albini ranks 2,206 out of 3,175. Before him are Jimmy Rogers, Frank Gambale, Artimus Pyle, James Moody, Steven Isserlis, and Trentemøller. After him are DJ Snake, Reverend Gary Davis, Jesper Strömblad, Jimmy DeGrasso, John Holt, and Dominic Howard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Steve Albini ranks 519. Before him are Kate Spade, Vladimir Dezhurov, Kenneth Lonergan, Seppo Räty, Brenda Chapman, and Cecilia Tait. After him are John de Wolf, Gertjan Verbeek, Rob Morrow, Dagmar Neubauer, Volodymyr Lyutyi, and Zenon Jaskuła. Among people deceased in 2024, Steve Albini ranks 434. Before him are David Walker, Charles Shyer, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Ecaterina Oancia, Andrew Davis, and José Carlos de Almeida. After him are Terry Griffiths, Göran Hagberg, Emilio Correa, Robert Paul, Bernard Baudoux, and Hugo Villanueva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steve Albini ranks 11,693 out of 20,380. Before him are Alexander Wilson (null), Amy Goodman (1957), Meredith Monroe (1969), David Alan Grier (1956), Viscera (1971), and Andrew M. Allen (1955). After him are Mireille Enos (1975), Sylvia Browne (1936), Gina Philips (1970), Laura Kelly (1950), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), and Reverend Gary Davis (1896).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Steve Albini ranks 887. Before him are Harry Edison (1915), Jeff Berlin (1953), Buzz Osborne (1964), Jimmy Rogers (1924), Artimus Pyle (1948), and James Moody (1925). After him are Reverend Gary Davis (1896), Jimmy DeGrasso (1963), Steve Kuhn (1938), Shirley Scott (1934), Les Claypool (1963), and Eddie Harris (1934).

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