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Aaron Dessner

1976 - Today

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Aaron Brooking Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American musician. He is best known as a founding member of the rock band the National, with whom he has recorded nine studio albums; a co-founder of the indie rock duo Big Red Machine, teaming with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon; and a collaborator on Taylor Swift's critically acclaimed studio albums Folklore and Evermore, both of which contended for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2021 and 2022, respectively, with the former winning the accolade; as well as The Tortured Poets Department (2024). Dessner has co-written, produced or co-produced songs by Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Michael Stipe, Gracie Abrams, Frightened Rabbit, Ben Howard, Sharon Van Etten, Local Natives, This Is the Kit, Adia Victoria, Lisa Hannigan, Fred Again, Girl in Red, Mustafa the Poet, Brian Eno, Laufey and Lone Bellow, among others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aaron Dessner is the 3,053rd most popular musician (down from 2,998th in 2019). (down from 5,143rd in 2019)

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Among musicians, Aaron Dessner ranks 3,053 out of 3,175Before him are Ryan Cabrera, Kele Okereke, Brian Marshall, Nina Gordon, Dallas Austin, and Lukas Meijer. After him are Sylwia Grzeszczak, Karolina Protsenko, DJ Fresh, Tycho, Sam Fender, and Rob Swire.

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Among people born in 1976, Aaron Dessner ranks 1,078Before him are LaTasha Colander, Drew Pearce, Enuka Okuma, Vadim Evseev, Kenji Takagi, and Iwao Yamane. After him are Yoshikiyo Kuboyama, Perpetua Nkwocha, Mashona Washington, Matt Doran, Bret McKenzie, and Nicholas Stoller.

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