# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-wallinger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:33.687Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-wallinger"
name: "Karl Wallinger"
slug: "karl-wallinger"
description: "Karl Edmond De Vere Wallinger was a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. He was best known for leading the band World Party and for his mid-1980s membership of the Waterboys."
tagline: "Welsh pop and rock musician, songwriter and producer (1957–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Wallinger.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: "1957-10-19"
deathDate: "2024-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.891846666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909230/"
    handle:    "nm0909230"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/38212"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wallinger"
    title: "Karl Wallinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wallinger"
    title: "Karl Wallinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wallinger"
    title: "Karl Wallinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wallinger"
    title: "Karl Wallinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wallinger"
    title: "Karl Wallinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC"
    title: "カール・ウォリンジャー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0b78c726-cac3-46aa-ba91-2bd5bc83982c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1302516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4351871"
    title: "Karl Wallinger"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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