# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-grech
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:35:58.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-grech"
name: "Joe Grech"
slug: "joe-grech"
description: "Joseph Grech, MQR was a Maltese singer. He is best known for having introduced the Maltese language to the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, the first appearance from Malta on this pan-European television event."
tagline: "Maltese singer and songwriter (1934–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Grech_2005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1934-02-09"
deathDate: "2024-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.69
  momentum:             15
  historical:           12.94308933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489185/"
    handle:    "nm1489185"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/77t2u8ekKoTJDPnCu4w9Q7"
    handle:    "77t2u8ekKoTJDPnCu4w9Q7"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3369820"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "چو جريتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Joe Grech (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech"
    title: "Joe Grech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech"
    title: "Joe Grech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "جو گرش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech"
    title: "Joe Grech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech"
    title: "Joe Grech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech"
    title: "Joe Grech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech"
    title: "Joe Grech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech"
    title: "Joe Grech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech"
    title: "Joe Grech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech"
    title: "Joe Grech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech"
    title: "Joe Grech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grech"
    title: "Joe Grech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/43b9d1d7-8251-4664-ab9e-0880fc5e6b52"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1691441"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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