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Tom Araya

1961 - Today

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Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ton aˈɾaʝa]; born June 6, 1961) is a Chilean-American musician, best known as the vocalist and bassist of American thrash metal band Slayer. He was ranked 58th by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. Araya, along with Kerry King, are the only members who stayed in the band since its inception. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Araya has received more than 2,564,371 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Araya is the 614th most popular musician (up from 668th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Chile (down from 45th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chilean Musician.

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  • 2.6M

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  • 60.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tom Araya ranks 614 out of 3,175. Before him are Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lindsey Buckingham, Tony Sheridan, Rick Wakeman, Myung-whun Chung, and Eliso Virsaladze. After him are Artie Shaw, Jelly Roll Morton, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Napoleon Orda, and Paul Tortelier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Tom Araya ranks 99. Before him are Ignazio Cassis, Jonas Jonasson, Dylan McDermott, Franky Van der Elst, Sergei Aleinikov, and Eric Stoltz. After him are Bernard Werber, Aleksandr Dvornikov, Rafael Grossi, Moana Pozzi, Victoria Nuland, and Bonnie Hunt.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Tom Araya ranks 46 out of 321. Before him are René Schneider (1913), Gabriel González Videla (1898), Laura Vicuña (1891), José Manuel Balmaceda (1840), Patricio Guzmán (1941), and Marcelo Salas (1974). After him are Jorge Medina (1926), Guillermo Subiabre (1903), Jorge Toro (1939), Roberto Rojas (1957), Juan Ignacio Molina (1740), and Teresa of the Andes (1900).

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Among MUSICIANS In Chile

Among musicians born in Chile, Tom Araya ranks 3. Before him are Claudio Arrau (1903), and Violeta Parra (1917).

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