# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meat-loaf
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:04:00.306Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meat-loaf"
name: "Meat Loaf"
slug: "meat-loaf"
description: "Michael Lee Aday, known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell album trilogy—Bat Out of Hell (1977), Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006)—has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The first album stayed on the charts for over nine years and is one of the best-selling albums in history, still selling an estimated 200,000 copies annually as of 2016."
tagline: "American singer and actor (1947–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meatloaf_1971_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947-09-27"
deathDate: "2022-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           75.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           29.056344
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 110000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RealMeatLoaf"
    handle:    "RealMeatLoaf"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MeatLoaf"
    handle:    "MeatLoaf"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001533/"
    handle:    "nm0001533"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7dnB1wSxbYa8CejeVg98hz"
    handle:    "7dnB1wSxbYa8CejeVg98hz"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://meatloaf.net/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLOy9a02FwlHySZW9RrVa3A"
    handle:    "@meatloafvevo"
    followers: 110000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميت لوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "ميت لوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "میت لوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মিট লোফ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "میت لوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf_(amhr%C3%A1na%C3%AD)"
    title: "Meat Loaf (amhránaí)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Meat Loaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b134d1bf-c7c7-4427-93ac-9fdbc2b59ef1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152929"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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