Shavo Odadjian

Armenian-American bassist (b. 1974)
Person human Q379400
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Shavo Odadjian

Summary

Shavo Odadjian is a human[1]. His place of birth was Yerevan[2]. He was born on April 22, 1974[3]. He worked as a bassist[4], musician[5], guitarist[6], composer[7], and disc jockey[8]. He ranks in the top 0.6% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,782 views/month, #6,037 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Shavo Odadjian was born in Yerevan[2].
  • Shavo Odadjian was born on April 22, 1974[3].
  • Shavo Odadjian held citizenship in Soviet Union[10].
  • Shavo Odadjian held citizenship in United States[11].
  • Shavo Odadjian worked as a bassist[4].
  • Shavo Odadjian's professions included musician[5].
  • Shavo Odadjian's professions included guitarist[6].
  • Shavo Odadjian worked as a composer[7].
  • Shavo Odadjian's professions included disc jockey[8].
  • Shavo Odadjian's professions included human rights defender[12].
  • Shavo Odadjian's field of work was music[13].
  • Among Shavo Odadjian's employers was System of a Down[14].
  • Among Shavo Odadjian's employers was Achozen[15].
  • Shavo Odadjian was a member of System of a Down[16].
  • Shavo Odadjian was a member of Achozen[17].
  • Shavo Odadjian is recorded as male[18].
  • Shavo Odadjian's instance of is recorded as human[19].
  • Shavo Odadjian's genre is rock music[20].
  • Shavo Odadjian's genre is heavy metal music[21].
  • Shavo Odadjian's genre is alternative metal[22].
  • Shavo Odadjian's genre is hip-hop[23].
  • Shavo Odadjian's Commons category is recorded as Shavo Odadjian[24].
  • Shavo Odadjian's said to be the same as is recorded as Q20509817[25].
  • Shavo Odadjian's instrument is recorded as bass guitar[26].
  • Shavo Odadjian's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Armenian[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1974-04-22[30]

  • Genre(s): alternative metal, metal, rock[31]

  • Community tags: alternative metal, american, metal, rock[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e68f2984-b0e9-42d7-b132-9570b7c75e29[33]

Body

Origins and Family

Shavo Odadjian was born in Yerevan[2]. He was born on April 22, 1974[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include bassist[4], musician[5], guitarist[6], composer[7], disc jockey[8], and human rights defender[12]. Shavo Odadjian's field of work was music[13]. Employers include System of a Down[14], a musical group[34], founded in 1995[35] and Achozen[15], a musical group[36], founded in 2005[37].

Why It Matters

Shavo Odadjian ranks in the top 0.6% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,782 views/month, #6,037 of 1,000,298).[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] He is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

Where was Shavo Odadjian born?

Shavo Odadjian was born in Yerevan[2].

What did Shavo Odadjian do for work?

Shavo Odadjian worked as bassist[4], musician[5], guitarist[6], composer[7], and disc jockey[8].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [18] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [19] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . Music of Armenia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] . wikidata.org.
  21. [16] . wikidata.org.
  22. [17] . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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