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Meat Loaf
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Meat Loaf was an American singer and actor who lived from 1947 to 2022 and became one of the most recognizable entertainers of his era. He is remembered for his distinctive voice and theatrical performances in both music and film, making significant contributions to popular culture across multiple decades.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- To hell and back
- To hell and back
- Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell II
- Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell I and Ii
- Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell (Piano-Vocal-Guitar)
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Film & TV
Dallas, Texas, USA
Michael Lee Aday (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), better known as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy—Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose—has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide. More than four decades after…
Known for
- TFI Unplugged — Self (Archive Footage)2026
- Meat Loaf: From Hell and to Connaught — Himself2025
- Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life — Self (archive footage)2022
- McEnroe — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2022
- Rocky Horror 45: The Movie — Self2021
- Ghost Hunters: TAPS Returns — Self2021
- The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart — Self (archive footage)2020
- #NoJoke — Self2019
- Hit the Road — Meat Loaf2017
- Ghost Wars — Doug Rennie2017
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1947
- Active to
- 2022
Discography
Member of
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- Listeners
- 1,181,978
- Total plays
- 19,096,486
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Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; 27 September 1947 – 20 January 2022), better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was recognised for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live performances. His "Bat Out of Hell" album trilogy—"Bat Out of Hell" (1977), "Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell" (1993), and "Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose" (2006)—has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artis
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lee
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Child
- Pearl Aday
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- progressive rock
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Motown
- Discography
- Meat Loaf discography
- Official website
- meatloaf.net
- Image
- Meatloaf 1971 (cropped).JPG
- Height
- 1.83
- Number of children
- 2
- Voice type
- tenor
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- Commons category
- Meat Loaf
- date of birth
- 1947-09-27
- topic's main category
- Category:Meat Loaf
- name in native language
- Michael Lee Aday
- pseudonym
- Meat Loaf
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- time period
- 20th century
- social media followers
- 110000
- medical condition
- Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2022-01-20
- topic has template
- Template:Meat Loaf
- end of work period
- 2022-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- COVID-19
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell album trilogy—Bat Out of Hell (1977), Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006)—has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The first album stayed on the charts for over nine years and is one of the best-selling albums in history, still selling an estimated 200,000 copies annually as of 2016.
Despite the commercial success of Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, and earning a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for the song "I'd Do Anything for Love", Meat Loaf experienced some difficulty establishing a steady career within the United States. However, his career still saw success due to his popularity in Europe, especially in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He received the 1994 Brit Award in the United Kingdom for best-selling album and single, and was ranked 23rd for the number of weeks spent on the UK charts in 2006. He ranks 96th on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".
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