# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-idol
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:17:37.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-idol"
name: "Billy Idol"
slug: "billy-idol"
description: "William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English rock singer. He achieved fame in the 1970s on the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of Generation X. He later embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made him a lead artist during the MTV-driven \"Second British Invasion\" in America."
tagline: "English singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Idol_Lucca_2023.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: "1955-11-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           78.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           30.56062
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  177
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1200000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://billyidol.net"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/billyidol/"
    handle:    "billyidol"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@billyidol"
    handle:    "billyidol"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BillyIdol"
    handle:    "BillyIdol"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BillyIdol"
    handle:    "BillyIdol"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002150/"
    handle:    "nm0002150"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "7lzordPuZEXxwt9aoVZYmG"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZAfHkJj43Lir2Id3GiGCjQ"
    handle:    "@billyidol"
    followers: 1200000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "بيلي أيدول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيلى ايدول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیلی آیدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Били Айдъл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیلی آیدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C"
    title: "בילי איידול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Billy Idol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billy_Idol"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/47c8f88b-987a-4b64-9175-2b1b57809727"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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