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Ville Valo

1976 - Today

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Ville Hermanni Valo (pronounced [ˈʋilːe ˈʋɑlo] ; born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM. Born and raised in Helsinki to a Hungarian mother and Finnish father, Valo began his career playing bass and drums in various bands around the city. In 1991, he co-founded and became the lead singer and main songwriter of HIM, which would go on to become one of the most successful Finnish bands of all time and the first to receive a gold record in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ville Valo has received more than 2,272,819 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Ville Valo is the 793rd most popular singer (down from 766th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Finland (down from 134th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ville Valos by language

Over the past year Ville Valo has had the most page views in the with 368,249 views, followed by German (97,538), and Spanish (81,827). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (243.38%), Spanish (99.76%), and Egyptian Arabic (99.32%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ville Valo ranks 793 out of 4,381. Before him are Kurt Moll, Dave Matthews, Nora Brockstedt, Michel Delpech, Jennifer Warnes, and Miliza Korjus. After him are Ingvar Wixell, Sinn Sisamouth, Guy Béart, Ljiljana Petrović, Carl Wilson, and Eric Carmen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Ville Valo ranks 63. Before him are Carice van Houten, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Gustavo Kuerten, Santiago Solari, Gilberto Silva, and Jon Bernthal. After him are Dominic Monaghan, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Sally Hawkins, Juan Pablo Sorín, Paz Vega, and Isla Fisher.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ville Valo ranks 144 out of 751. Before him are Anders Johan Lexell (1740), Hugo Österman (1892), Juha Sipilä (1961), Antti Hyvärinen (1932), Magnus Enckell (1870), and Kalevi Sorsa (1930). After him are Robert Kajanus (1856), Martin Wegelius (1846), Lill Lindfors (1940), Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), Jorma Panula (1930), and Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870).

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Among SINGERS In Finland

Among singers born in Finland, Ville Valo ranks 2. Before him are Tarja Turunen (1977). After him are Lill Lindfors (1940), Aino Ackté (1876), Marion Rung (1945), Matti Salminen (1945), Katri Helena (1945), Lasse Mårtenson (1934), Timo Kotipelto (1969), Laila Kinnunen (1939), Olavi Virta (1915), and Kirka (1950).

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