# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-mellencamp
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:00:08.161Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-mellencamp"
name: "John Mellencamp"
slug: "john-mellencamp"
description: "John J. Mellencamp, previously known as Johnny Cougar, The Coug, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for his brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, followed by an induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Mellenkamp_2007_(cropped).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: "1951-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.35618533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 345000
platforms:
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    handle:    "johnmellencampofficial"
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    handle:    "johnmellencamp"
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    handle:    "@johnmellencamp"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "존 멜런캠프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Mellencamp"
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    title: "Мелленкамп, Джон"
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    title: "จอห์น เมลเลนแคมป์"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump