# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marka
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:50:23.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marka"
name: "Marka"
slug: "marka"
description: "Serge Van Laeken, known as Marka, is a Belgian singer, songwriter, composer and film-maker."
tagline: "Belgian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marka_-_Huy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-05-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.051377333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/markalebelge"
    handle:    "markalebelge"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548305/"
    handle:    "nm0548305"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4v8DHDjjrHEadw3hzVuewF"
    handle:    "4v8DHDjjrHEadw3hzVuewF"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.marka.be"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/211352"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marka_(cantaire)"
    title: "Marka (cantaire)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/41653191-3ba7-45b7-a465-4a03b02cee36"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marka_(singer)"
    title: "Marka (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marka_(chanteur)"
    title: "Marka (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marka_(zanger)"
    title: "Marka (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3294294"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4127039"
    title: "Katerina Marka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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