51.4% of matchups won
319 matchups
Elo 1567
tracked 2025/05/26 → 2026/10/27
mission: Transforming music and culture · Music and literature · musicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing52%
picked as helping wellbeing
263 matchups
46%
picked as hurting wellbeing
56 matchups
On balance people see it as helping.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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44.5% wins · English musician and actor (1947–2016)
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D4vd
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24.7% wins · American singer
03
Neil Diamond
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54.4% wins · American recording artist; singer-songwriter
04
David Byrne
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40.1% wins · Scottish-American musician
05
Paul McCartney
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61.5% wins · English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
Known for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- Grammy Awards Winner
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Oscar for Best Song
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Based on 319 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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