# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-satriani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:58:03.435Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-satriani"
name: "Joe Satriani"
slug: "joe-satriani"
description: "Joseph Satriani is an American rock guitarist, composer, record producer, and songwriter. Early in his career, he worked as a guitar instructor, with many of his former students achieving fame, including Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick. Satriani went on to have a successful solo music career, starting in the mid-1980s. He is a 15-time Grammy Award nominee and has sold over ten million albums, making him the bestselling instrumental rock guitarist of all time."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_satriani_without_sunglasses_2004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           77.07
  momentum:             2.028102584258622
  historical:           25.688544
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 148
totalFollowers: 661000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/chickenfootjoe"
    handle:    "chickenfootjoe"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/joesatriani/"
    handle:    "joesatriani"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "joesatriani"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766354/"
    handle:    "nm0766354"
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    handle:    "2yzxX2DI9LFK8VFTyW2zZ8"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.satriani.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiynI3-MFYbiZ6FQqWNLh7w"
    handle:    "@joesatriani"
    followers: 661000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جو ساترياني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو ستریانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джо Сатрыяні"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "জো সাট্রিয়ানি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
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    title: "Τζο Σατριάνι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو ستریانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ו סטריאני"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Satriani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョー・サトリアーニ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/29762c82-bb92-4acd-b1fb-09cc4da250d2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194287"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump