# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/burton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:53:12.690Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/burton"
name: "Burton"
slug: "burton"
description: "Janne Johannes Puurtinen, better known as Burton or Emerson Burton, is a Finnish musician. He is best known as the keyboardist of the Finnish gothic rock band HIM, with whom he has released six studio albums, and has gone on to become one of the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time. Outside of HIM, Burton has performed and recorded with various bands, including Daniel Lioneye, Suburban Tribe and Torpedo."
tagline: "Finnish keyboardist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HIM_%40_Steel_Blue_Oval_(1_3_2010)_(4416157801).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-10-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.10234266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701335/"
    handle:    "nm0701335"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/871540"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "بورتون (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)"
    title: "بورتون (موسيقى من فينلاندا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janne_Puurtinen"
    title: "Janne Puurtinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_(musician)"
    title: "Burton (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janne_Puurtinen"
    title: "Janne Puurtinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Burton"
    title: "Emerson Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Burton"
    title: "Emerson Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Burton"
    title: "Emerson Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Burton"
    title: "Emerson Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Burton"
    title: "Emerson Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%83%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5"
    title: "Пууртинен, Янне"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Burton"
    title: "Emerson Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Burton"
    title: "Emerson Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/35710e17-0413-4527-863b-d0d582546a95"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26009"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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