# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-jourgensen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:46:55.769Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-jourgensen"
name: "Al Jourgensen"
slug: "al-jourgensen"
description: "Alain David Jourgensen is a Cuban-American singer, musician and music producer. Closely related with the independent record label Wax Trax! Records, his musical career spans five decades. He is the frontman and lyricist of the industrial metal band Ministry, which he founded in 1981 and of which he remains the only constant member. He was the primary musician of several Ministry-related projects, such as Revolting Cocks, Lard, and Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters. Jourgensen is a prominent figure in industrial music, influencing numerous other groups and musicians, both in alternative and industrial-associated acts."
tagline: "Cuban-American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al_Jourgensen_Live.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-10-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.06
  momentum:             0.6612090680100755
  historical:           14.95554666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1013090/"
    handle:    "nm1013090"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://al-jourgensen.squarespace.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ال چورجينسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%AC_%D5%85%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%B6"
    title: "Էլ Յորգենսեն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "ال خورخنسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB"
    title: "Йоргенсен, Эл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6c0dadab-266a-4601-8394-5b8e19e90def"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713807"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150992"
    title: "Al Jourgensen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump