# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-joel
# Generated: 2026-09-02T02:35:48.715Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-joel"
name: "Billy Joel"
slug: "billy-joel"
description: "William Martin Joel is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the \"Piano Man\", after his 1973 signature song of the same name, Joel has had a successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s. From 1971 to 1993, he released 12 entirely self-written studio albums spanning the genres of pop and rock, and in 2001 released a one-off studio album of classical compositions. With over 160 million records sold worldwide, Joel is one of the world's best-selling music artists and is the fourth-best-selling solo artist in the United States. His 1985 compilation album, Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II, is one of the best-selling albums in the U.S."
tagline: "American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Joel_Shankbone_NYC_2009.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: "1949-05-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           83.72
  momentum:             15.18685619006186
  historical:           36.826476
  currentAttention:     27.00769254726089
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  102
  category: 84
totalFollowers: 2280000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/billyjoel"
    handle:    "billyjoel"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/billyjoel/"
    handle:    "billyjoel"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.billyjoel.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/billyjoel"
    handle:    "billyjoel"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0005055"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyVomykHKyWCWo8lSKHHmzA"
    handle:    "@billyjoel"
    followers: 2280000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيلي جويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "بيلى جول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel"
    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel"
    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "بیلی جول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel"
    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel"
    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel"
    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel"
    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "בילי ג'ואל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billy_Joel"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billy_Joel"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/64b94289-9474-4d43-8c93-918ccc1920d1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump