# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/js16
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:51:26.274Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/js16"
name: "JS16"
slug: "js16"
description: "Jaakko Sakari Salovaara, better known by his stage name JS16, is a Finnish musician, DJ and record producer. He is best known for his work with Finnish hip hop group Bomfunk MC's, producing their most successful song \"Freestyler\", and for his work with Finnish DJ and producer Darude, as well as other solo productions and remixes. He released his debut studio album, Stomping System in 1998. He is part of the DJ duo Dallas Superstars with Heikki L, and owns the dance music record label 16 Inch Records."
tagline: "Finnish disc jockey, record producer and songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JS16_(2022)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.39
  momentum:             0.8684546615581099
  historical:           8.625241333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1008042/"
    handle:    "nm1008042"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.js16.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/242756"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B316"
    title: "چس16"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS-16"
    title: "JS-16"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS16"
    title: "JS16"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Salovaara"
    title: "Jaakko Salovaara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Salovaara"
    title: "Jaakko Salovaara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS16"
    title: "JS16"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS16"
    title: "JS16"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%AF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Саловаара, Яакко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e00361a-3d79-4385-8d17-bb751a450fd8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3156997"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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