# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anika-nilles
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:19:38.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anika-nilles"
name: "Anika Nilles"
slug: "anika-nilles"
description: "Anika Nilles is a German drummer, composer, and musical educator. She launched her career on YouTube during the early 2010s, and has released three full-length albums to date, all with the backing band Nevell: Pikalar (2017), For a Colorful Soul (2020) and False Truth (2025). On 6 October 2025, Nilles was announced as the touring drummer for Rush's 2026 reunion tour."
tagline: "German drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anika_Nilles_at_a_drum_clinic_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1983"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           78.88
  momentum:             10
  historical:           18.142056
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  38
  category: null
totalFollowers: 281000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AnikaNilles"
    handle:    "AnikaNilles"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/anika.nilles/"
    handle:    "anika.nilles"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/AnikaNilles"
    handle:    "AnikaNilles"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IF3ewdvS7h9Wu3gDgV3fi"
    handle:    "0IF3ewdvS7h9Wu3gDgV3fi"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.anikanilles.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0P-ec6f8-oeueSf84RQZZg"
    handle:    "@anykmusic"
    followers: 281000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/6242466"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anika_Nilles"
    title: "Anika Nilles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anika_Nilles"
    title: "Anika Nilles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anika_Nilles"
    title: "Anika Nilles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anika_Nilles"
    title: "Anika Nilles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anika_Nilles"
    title: "Anika Nilles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anika_Nilles"
    title: "Anika Nilles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/98b4fff5-e004-4ecb-84fb-83b245e33fdb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58823952"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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