# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gotye
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:54:11.554Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gotye"
name: "Gotye"
slug: "gotye"
description: "Wouter André \"Wally\" De Backer, known professionally as Gotye, is a Belgian-born Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His 2011 single \"Somebody That I Used to Know\" topped the Billboard Hot 100, as well as several international charts, becoming one of the best-selling songs of 2012. He has won five ARIA Awards and received a nomination for an MTV EMA for Best Asia and Pacific Act. At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, the song won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, while its parent album – Making Mirrors (2012) – won Best Alternative Music Album."
tagline: "Belgian-Australian musician (born 1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gotye_(7751177112).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1980-05-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           77.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           26.156472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 2960000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/gotye"
    handle:    "gotye"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/gotye/"
    handle:    "gotye"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gotye.com"
  - platform:  "X"
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    handle:    "gotye"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm2841714"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
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    handle:    "@gotye"
    followers: 2960000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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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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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "გოტიე (მუსიკოსი)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%ED%8B%B0%EC%97%90"
    title: "고티에"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gotye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Gotye"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump