# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/holly-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:13:24.418Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/holly-johnson"
name: "Holly Johnson"
slug: "holly-johnson"
description: "William \"Holly\" Johnson is an English singer, songwriter and artist. He is best known as lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he was a bassist for the band Big in Japan. In 1989, Johnson's debut solo album, Blast, reached number one in the UK Albums Chart. Two singles from the album – \"Love Train\" and \"Americanos\" – reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. In the 1990s, he also embarked on writing, painting, and printmaking careers."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Holly_Johnson2014_(cropped).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: "1960-02-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           71.83
  momentum:             4.711949843529522
  historical:           17.96598266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 19200
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TheHollyJohnson"
    handle:    "TheHollyJohnson"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1017407/"
    handle:    "nm1017407"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.hollyjohnson.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp2L_AvlXnq-uHeiuOncLJg"
    handle:    "@hollyjohnsonofficial"
    followers: 19200
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ويليام جونسون (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هالی جانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هالی جانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Джонсон, Холли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Holly_Johnson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1350303"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220628"
    title: "Holly Johnson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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