60.4% of matchups won
316 matchups
Elo 1587
tracked 2025/05/27 → 2026/06/02
mission: Entertain and inspire through music · Music and entertainment · musicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing58%
picked as helping wellbeing
236 matchups
66%
picked as hurting wellbeing
80 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
Known for
- 200 million records sold
- 4 Grammy Awards
- Best-selling artist 2017
- Highest-grossing tour
- Artist of the decade 2019
Based on 316 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/06/02. Full rankings ·
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