# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-pearlman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:17:18.046Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-pearlman"
name: "Lou Pearlman"
slug: "lou-pearlman"
description: "Louis Jay Pearlman was an American music manager and convicted felon. He was the person behind many successful 1990s boy bands, having formed and funded the Backstreet Boys. After their massive success, he then developed NSYNC."
tagline: "American talent manager and fraudster (1954–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lou-pearlman-mugshot.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: "1954-06-19"
deathDate: "2016-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.9
  momentum:             7.999339170659178
  historical:           17.332056
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669117/"
    handle:    "nm0669117"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/796850"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "لو پايرلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%93%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AC%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Լու Փերլման"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D1%83"
    title: "Перлман, Лу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Лу Перлман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/710d946f-d25a-4039-b794-91d2fc3574b6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730887"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2215197"
    title: "Lou Pearlman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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