# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-mertens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:36:04.143Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-mertens"
name: "Frank Mertens"
slug: "frank-mertens"
description: "Frank Mertens is a German musician. He is a former member of the German synth-pop band Alphaville."
tagline: "German musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-10-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.83
  momentum:             2.062680595687931
  historical:           6.995372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3198678/"
    handle:    "nm3198678"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/249714"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "فرانك ميرتنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mertens"
    title: "Frank Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mertens"
    title: "Frank Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mertens"
    title: "Frank Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mertens"
    title: "Frank Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%91%ED%81%AC_%EB%A9%94%EB%A5%B4%ED%85%90%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "프랑크 메르텐스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b201c562-a974-4c73-8bc2-41b204f694a3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3082720"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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