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Meat Loaf

1947 - 2022

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Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell album trilogy—Bat Out of Hell (1977), Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006)—has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The first album stayed on the charts for over nine years and is one of the best-selling albums in history, still selling an estimated 200,000 copies annually as of 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meat Loaf is the 201st most popular singer (down from 161st in 2019), the 1,408th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,009th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Singer.

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Among singers, Meat Loaf ranks 201 out of 4,381. Before him are Feodor Chaliapin, Kendrick Lamar, Celia Cruz, Mina, David Coverdale, and Lata Mangeshkar. After him are Johnny Logan, Valery Leontiev, Cass Elliot, İbrahim Tatlıses, Rob Halford, and Kylie Minogue.

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Among people born in 1947, Meat Loaf ranks 80. Before him are Yukio Hatoyama, Carles Rexach, Martin Chalfie, Ronnie Wood, Carla Del Ponte, and Gidon Kremer. After him are Robert Englund, Óscar Tabárez, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Bachir Gemayel, Zahi Hawass, and Mitt Romney. Among people deceased in 2022, Meat Loaf ranks 59. Before him are Issey Miyake, Angelo Badalamenti, Hardy Krüger, Raymond Damadian, Ash Carter, and Lata Mangeshkar. After him are Pat Carroll, Bill Russell, Teresa Berganza, Stanislav Shushkevich, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Hannah Pick-Goslar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Meat Loaf ranks 1,408 out of 20,380. Before him are John Grisham (1955), Michelle Phillips (1944), Howard H. Aiken (1900), Virginia Apgar (1909), Tex Watson (1945), and Sam Elliott (1944). After him are Kevin Hart (1979), Don Norman (1935), Alicia Keys (1981), Robert M. La Follette (1855), Robert Englund (1947), and William Morris Davis (1850).

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