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Tuomas Holopainen

1976 - Today

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Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen (born 25 December 1976) is a Finnish musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the primary songwriter, keyboardist, and founding member of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has stated that his songwriting is influenced by harmonic film music. Before founding Nightwish, he played in the band Darkwoods My Betrothed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tuomas Holopainen has received more than 1,035,134 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Tuomas Holopainen is the 974th most popular musician (down from 945th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Finland (down from 147th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Musician.

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  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tuomas Holopainen ranks 974 out of 3,175. Before him are Barney Kessel, Peter Brötzmann, Dimebag Darrell, Matisyahu, Arvīds Jansons, and Eddy Grant. After him are Gábor Szabó, Corey Taylor, Candy Dulfer, Daron Malakian, Phil Campbell, and Charlie Haden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Tuomas Holopainen ranks 74. Before him are Paz Vega, Isla Fisher, Rigobert Song, Jan Koum, Nwankwo Kanu, and Mark Webber. After him are Juliano Belletti, Tim Duncan, Giovanna Antonelli, Seann William Scott, Giba, and John Elkann.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tuomas Holopainen ranks 164 out of 751. Before him are Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Aino Ackté (1876), Juha Mieto (1949), Amélie Lundahl (1850), Esko Aho (1954), and Juhani Suutarinen (1943). After him are Martti Miettunen (1907), Tapio Rautavaara (1915), Marcus Grönholm (1968), Johannes Linnankoski (1869), Kaarlo Castrén (1860), and Paavo Berglund (1929).

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Among MUSICIANS In Finland

Among musicians born in Finland, Tuomas Holopainen ranks 3. Before him are Marco Hietala (1966), and Aarre Merikanto (1893). After him are Alexi Laiho (1979), Timo Tolkki (1966), Jukka Nevalainen (1978), Emppu Vuorinen (1978), Mr Lordi (1974), Juice Leskinen (1950), Darude (1975), Sami Vänskä (1976), and Carita Holmström (1954).

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