# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luiz-melodia
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:09:50.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luiz-melodia"
name: "Luiz Melodia"
slug: "luiz-melodia"
description: "Luiz Carlos dos Santos, widely known by his stage name Luiz Melodia, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose music was a characteristic crossover of multiple music genres including Música popular brasileira (MPB), rock music, blues, soul music and samba. He has been described as 'one of the most important Brazilian-born musicians.'"
tagline: "Brazilian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luiz_Melodia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951-01-07"
deathDate: "2017-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.887768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/luizmelodia/"
    handle:    "luizmelodia"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/LuizMelodiaOficial"
    handle:    "LuizMelodiaOficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1717003/"
    handle:    "nm1717003"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1zZjt7cDeeJSLWZYK34r7W"
    handle:    "1zZjt7cDeeJSLWZYK34r7W"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/393410"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "لويز ميلوديا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Melodia"
    title: "Luiz Melodia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Melodia"
    title: "Luiz Melodia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "لوئیز ملودیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Melodia"
    title: "Luiz Melodia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Melodia"
    title: "Luiz Melodia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Melodia"
    title: "Luiz Melodia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Luiz_Melodia"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/40bee6cd-8f0c-407e-8e90-d5bdb9231a2d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6701485"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1477292"
    title: "Luiz Melodia"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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