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Tay Zonday

1982 - Today

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Adam Nyerere Bahner (born May 21, 1982), known professionally as Tay Zonday or as "Chocolate Rain Guy", is an American YouTube personality, singer-songwriter, and voice actor. He is known for his bass singing voice. Zonday garnered mainstream exposure when his song "Chocolate Rain" became a viral video in July 2007. As of July 2025, "Chocolate Rain" has over 141 million views on YouTube. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tay Zonday is the 3,116th most popular musician (down from 3,082nd in 2019), the 19,181st most popular biography from United States (down from 18,899th in 2019) and the 1,302nd most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Tay Zonday ranks 3,116 out of 3,175. Before him are Jade Puget, Lianne La Havas, Deorro, Lusine Gevorkyan, Kaytranada, and U. Srinivas. After him are Kjartan Sveinsson, Charlie Hunter, Canibus, Borgore, Fernando Garibay, and Ladyhawke.

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Among people born in 1982, Tay Zonday ranks 1,334. Before him are Lydia Lassila, Hiroyuki Nishijima, Alecko Eskandarian, Kazuhiro Kawata, Akihiro Hyodo, and Taisei Fujita. After him are Taikai Uemoto, Petr Koukal, Wes Hoolahan, Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Yalçın Ayhan, and Huang Sui.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tay Zonday ranks 19,189 out of 20,380. Before him are Julian Edelman (1986), Josh Wolff (1977), Al Thornton (1983), Bianca Ryan (1994), Anthony Washington (1966), and Tanner Tessmann (2001). After him are Brad Wanamaker (1989), Izabela Vidovic (2001), Edward Moss (1977), Peter Vanderkaay (1984), John Sarbanes (1962), and Eamon (1983).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Tay Zonday ranks 1,302. Before him are Kaki King (1979), Lissie (1982), Ski Mask the Slump God (1996), Taylor York (1989), Jade Puget (1973), and Deorro (1991). After him are Charlie Hunter (1967), Fernando Garibay (1982), Paolo Gregoletto (1985), Lil B (1989), Haley Reinhart (1990), and Jonathan Coulton (1970).

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