# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:17:38.828Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-west"
name: "Albert West"
slug: "albert-west"
description: "Albertus Petrus Enricus Gerardus Westelaken, better known by his stage name Albert West, was a Dutch pop singer and record producer. He was the lead singer of the Shuffles from 1963 to 1973. He was born in 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant."
tagline: "Dutch singer (1949–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nationaal_Songfestival_in_Jaarbeurs_Utrecht_Albert_West_tijdens_generale_repeti%2C_Bestanddeelnr_927-7796.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-09-02"
deathDate: "2015-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.41
  momentum:             4.285714285714284
  historical:           10.12793866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1518245/"
    handle:    "nm1518245"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.albertwest.nl/htm/index.htm"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ألبرت ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "البرت ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_West"
    title: "Albert West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_West"
    title: "Albert West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_West"
    title: "Albert West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_West"
    title: "Albert West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_West"
    title: "Albert West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_West"
    title: "Albert West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_West"
    title: "Albert West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_West"
    title: "Albert West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c6c103ba-5cc1-4697-88e7-762991b42acb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2237295"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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