Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday September 27 1947 January 20 2022 height 6ft better known as Meat Loaf was an American singer and actor He was noted for his powerful wideranging voice and theatrical live shows His Bat Out of Hell trilogyBat Out of Hell Bat Out of Hell II Back into Hell and Bat Out of Hell III The Monster Is Loosehas sold more than 65 million albums worldwide More than four decades after its release the first album still sells an estimated 200000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years making it one of the bestselling albums in history After 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 Id Do Anything for Love Meat Loaf nevertheless experienced some difficulty establishing a steady career within the United States This did not stop him from becoming one of the bestselling music artists of all time with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records The key to this success was his retention of iconic status and popularity in Europe especially the United Kingdom where he received the 1994 Brit Award for bestselling album and single appeared in the 1997 film Spice World and ranks 23rd for the number of weeks spent on the UK charts as of 2006 He ranks 96th on VH1s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock Aday appeared in over 50 movies and television shows sometimes as himself or as characters resembling his stage persona His film roles include Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 and Bob Paulson in Fight Club 1999 His early stage work included dual roles in the original Broadway cast of The Rocky Horror Show and he also appeared in the musical Hair both on and offBroadway Description above from the Wikipedia article Meat Loaf licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia