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Kai Hansen

1963 - Today

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Kai Michael Hansen (born 17 January 1963) is a German musician who is the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray. He is also one of the co-founders of another power metal band Helloween, which he was a part of from 1983 to 1989 and rejoined in 2016. He is a prominent figure in power metal and has sold millions of albums worldwide. In 2011, he joined the band Unisonic featuring former Helloween vocalist Michael Kiske. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kai Hansen is the 516th most popular musician (down from 446th in 2019), the 2,236th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,034th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kai Hansen ranks 516 out of 3,175. Before him are Christoph Eschenbach, Phil Rudd, Randy Rhoads, Jan Hammer, Gato Barbieri, and Martin Gore. After him are T Bone Burnett, Donovan, Dennis Wilson, Stevie Young, Joan Manuel Serrat, and Christian Lorenz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Kai Hansen ranks 94. Before him are Anne-Sophie Mutter, Joey Tempest, Srečko Katanec, Kevin Mitnick, Gaspar Noé, and Jonathan Haidt. After him are Rob Schneider, Kim Ung-yong, Pierre Nkurunziza, Stevo Pendarovski, Paul Belmondo, and Phoolan Devi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kai Hansen ranks 2,237 out of 7,253. Before him are Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1862), Willi Münzenberg (1889), Natalia Alexeievna (1755), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg (1383), Max Richter (1966), and Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683). After him are Marianne Koch (1931), Fritz Wepper (1941), Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749), Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Rolf Stommelen (1943), and Adelbert Schulz (1903).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Kai Hansen ranks 26. Before him are Ralf Hütter (1946), Theo Jörgensmann (1948), Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923), Menahem Pressler (1923), Paul Landers (1964), and Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963). After him are Christian Lorenz (1966), Uli Jon Roth (1954), Rudolf Kempe (1910), Bert Kaempfert (1923), Christoph Schneider (1966), and Fritz Busch (1890).

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