55.3% of matchups won
295 matchups
Elo 1704
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2026/10/27
mission: Innovate sound and music · Music and Art · philosophers · musicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing51%
picked as helping wellbeing
243 matchups
77%
picked as hurting wellbeing
52 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
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Nat King Cole
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02
Marcel Duchamp
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03
Anyma
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04
David Byrne
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40.1% wins · Scottish-American musician
05
Chris Cornell
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51.6% wins · American musician (1964–2017)
Known for
- Pioneer of chance music
- Composer of 4′33″
- Inventor of prepared piano
- Influenced modern dance
- Published influential lectures
Based on 295 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/27. Full rankings ·
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