# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-clifford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:01:58.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-clifford"
name: "Michael Clifford"
slug: "michael-clifford"
description: "Michael Gordon Clifford is an Australian musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer. Since 2014, 5 Seconds of Summer have sold more than 10 million albums, sold over 2 million concert tickets worldwide, and the band's song streams surpass 7 billion, making them one of the most successful Australian musical exports in history."
tagline: "Australian guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Clifford_ARIA.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1995-11-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.19762533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Michael5SOS"
    handle:    "Michael5SOS"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3729421/"
    handle:    "nm3729421"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3750876"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clifford_(musician)"
    title: "Michael Clifford (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clifford_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Michael Clifford (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clifford"
    title: "Michael Clifford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93"
    title: "מייקל קליפורד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%84%D5%AC_%D5%94%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A4"
    title: "Մայքլ Քլիֆորդ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clifford_(musisi)"
    title: "Michael Clifford (musisi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clifford_(musiker)"
    title: "Michael Clifford (musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clifford"
    title: "Michael Clifford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clifford_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Michael Clifford (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clifford"
    title: "Michael Clifford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e814cf71-c45c-4595-bea2-d9b40887e961"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21282968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10201"
    title: "Michael Clifford"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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