# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/markus-riva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:01:56.887Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/markus-riva"
name: "Markus Riva"
slug: "markus-riva"
description: "Miķelis Ļaksa, known professionally as Markus Riva, is a Latvian singer. He has released several albums, including the debut album Ticu (2009)."
tagline: "Latvian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Markus_Riva_(Jan_2025).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1986-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           64.76
  momentum:             16.86440677966102
  historical:           11.15349333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 21200
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MarkusRiva"
    handle:    "MarkusRiva"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12086789/"
    handle:    "nm12086789"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://markus-riva.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMBOHDpeP0dmoOr3yjdGPsw"
    handle:    "@markusriva"
    followers: 21200
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "ماركوس ريفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Riva"
    title: "Markus Riva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Riva"
    title: "Markus Riva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%91%D7%94"
    title: "מרקוס ריבה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD_%D5%8C%D5%AB%D5%BE%D5%A1"
    title: "Մարկուս Ռիվա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Riva"
    title: "Markus Riva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Riva"
    title: "Markus Riva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Riva"
    title: "Markus Riva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Маркус Рива"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Riva"
    title: "Markus Riva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A0%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Маркус Ріва"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2acbb5cb-d9f9-4ebb-a620-1b73df0b87a8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20564810"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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