# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aston-merrygold
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:42:59.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aston-merrygold"
name: "Aston Merrygold"
slug: "aston-merrygold"
description: "Aston Iain Merrygold is a British singer-songwriter, dancer, actor and television presenter. He is known for being a member of the British boy band JLS, who were the runners-up to Alexandra Burke in the fifth series of The X Factor. As part of the group he achieved five number one singles on the UK singles chart and a number one album on the UK Albums Chart. As of December 2013, JLS had sold over 10 million records before disbanding in 2013 and reuniting in 2020. In 2013, he became a judge on the British dance talent show Got to Dance."
tagline: "British singer, songwriter and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Astonjls.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1988-02-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.17
  momentum:             0.2955665024630542
  historical:           11.32143333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AstonMerrygold"
    handle:    "AstonMerrygold"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/astonmerrygold/"
    handle:    "astonmerrygold"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl8PhaTV6Q6fmqdVwq7nwLA"
    handle:    "UCl8PhaTV6Q6fmqdVwq7nwLA"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/AstonMerrygold"
    handle:    "AstonMerrygold"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3248106/"
    handle:    "nm3248106"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0PHiin6bQggP8WzI7LgTtr"
    handle:    "0PHiin6bQggP8WzI7LgTtr"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.astonmerrygold.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "استون ميريجولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Merrygold"
    title: "Aston Merrygold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Merrygold"
    title: "Aston Merrygold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Merrygold"
    title: "Aston Merrygold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Merrygold"
    title: "Aston Merrygold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Merrygold"
    title: "Aston Merrygold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Merrygold"
    title: "Aston Merrygold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A0%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B4_%EB%A9%94%EB%A6%AC%EA%B3%A8%EB%93%9C"
    title: "애스턴 메리골드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Merrygold"
    title: "Aston Merrygold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Merrygold"
    title: "Aston Merrygold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Merrygold"
    title: "Aston Merrygold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5496818a-6498-42e6-83df-a56287ff6236"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2868461"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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