# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meiko
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:00.189Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meiko"
name: "Meiko"
slug: "meiko"
description: "Melissa McAllister Sheppard, known professionally as Meiko, is an American singer-songwriter residing in London, England. She independently released a self-titled album on September 1, 2007. All of the tracks from the LP have been featured in major network TV shows. Her second full-length, titled The Bright Side, was released through Fantasy Records on May 15, 2012, and a single from the album, \"Stuck On You\", reached No. 1 on the combined Japanese AirPlay Chart and No. 1 on the International Chart in Japan."
tagline: "American singer/songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meiko_%40_Hotel_Cafe_11-08-2025_(54996844588).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1982-02-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.6
  momentum:             5.422885572139304
  historical:           10.56681333333333
  currentAttention:     20.28
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/meiko"
    handle:    "meiko"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/meikomusic"
    handle:    "meikomusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2961050/"
    handle:    "nm2961050"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/361HqUPgdXJQNI6CHsJMgY"
    handle:    "361HqUPgdXJQNI6CHsJMgY"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.meikomusic.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1134955"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ميكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "میکو (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiko_(S%C3%A4ngerin)"
    title: "Meiko (Sängerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiko_(singer)"
    title: "Meiko (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiko"
    title: "Meiko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiko_(abeslari_estatubatuarra)"
    title: "Meiko (abeslari estatubatuarra)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "میکو (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95_(%D7%96%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%AA)"
    title: "מיקו (זמרת)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiko"
    title: "Meiko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiko"
    title: "Meiko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/935b9c64-39c0-42b7-a4f5-2566f1878fdb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q280724"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237224"
    title: "Meiko"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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