44.5% of matchups won
308 matchups
Elo 1377
tracked 2025/05/25 → 2026/10/21
mission: Reinventing music and performance · Music and arts · musicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing44%
picked as helping wellbeing
255 matchups
49%
picked as hurting wellbeing
53 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
01
David Byrne
→
40.1% wins · Scottish-American musician
02
Bob Dylan
→
51.4% wins · American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
03
Ozzy Osbourne
→
39.8% wins · British musician
04
Paul McCartney
→
61.5% wins · English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
05
Johnny Depp
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56.0% wins · American actor (born 1963)
Known for
- Best-selling artist
- Innovative glam rock pioneer
- Six Grammy Awards
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Cultural icon
Based on 308 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/21. Full rankings ·
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