MUSICIAN

Zakk Wylde

1967 - Today

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Zachary Phillip Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt; January 14, 1967) is an American musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder, lead guitarist, lead singer, songwriter and producer of the heavy metal band Black Label Society. Wylde's signature bulls-eye design appears on many of his guitars and is widely recognized. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zakk Wylde has received more than 4,871,366 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Zakk Wylde is the 1,029th most popular musician (down from 958th in 2019), the 5,002nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,715th in 2019) and the 340th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Zakk Wyldes by language

Over the past year Zakk Wylde has had the most page views in the with 701,302 views, followed by Spanish (61,793), and German (44,806). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (464.38%), Serbo-Croatian (66.03%), and Ukrainian (47.18%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Zakk Wylde ranks 1,029 out of 3,175. Before him are Hank Jones, André Cluytens, Eddy Mitchell, Sonny Stitt, Andrew Latimer, and André Navarra. After him are Ray Davies, Bella Davidovich, Cecil Taylor, Don Felder, Jaki Liebezeit, and Andrej Hoteev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Zakk Wylde ranks 141. Before him are Daron Acemoglu, Masatada Ishii, Michael Giacchino, Zinho, Madhuri Dixit, and Tom Hollander. After him are Ty Burrell, Roberto Rosetti, Dino Rađa, Irrfan Khan, Markus Söder, and Louis C.K..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zakk Wylde ranks 5,002 out of 20,380. Before him are Joanne Dru (1922), Joseph Colombo (1923), Ronee Blakley (1945), Henry Gibson (1935), Leon Russell (1942), and Richard Hatch (1945). After him are Joan Van Ark (1943), John C. Frémont (1813), Margaret Weis (1948), James Russo (1953), Michael C. Hall (1971), and Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Zakk Wylde ranks 340. Before him are Gene Clark (1944), Jack DeJohnette (1942), Larry Carlton (1948), Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), Hank Jones (1918), and Sonny Stitt (1924). After him are Cecil Taylor (1929), Don Felder (1947), Tony Williams (1945), Charlie Mariano (1923), Paul Chambers (1935), and Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911).

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