# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-johns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:58:51.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-johns"
name: "Michael Johns"
slug: "michael-johns"
description: "Michael Johns was an Australian singer who finished in eighth place on the seventh season of American Idol, in 2008. In 2009, he released a music album, Hold Back My Heart, which sold 20,000 copies. Johns died on 1 August 2014, at the age of 35 of dilated cardiomyopathy."
tagline: "Australian rock/soul singer/songwriter from Australia; American Idol finalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Johns_2.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: "1978-10-20"
deathDate: "2014-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.98902533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2924903/"
    handle:    "nm2924903"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4eMAGxvPy47T4NX9MjTuuB"
    handle:    "4eMAGxvPy47T4NX9MjTuuB"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://archive.americanidol.com/contestants/season_7/michael_johns"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1284184"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "ميخائيل جونز (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BB_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Майкъл Джонс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johns_(singer)"
    title: "Michael Johns (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johns"
    title: "Michael Johns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johns"
    title: "Michael Johns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA_(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "マイケル・ジョーンズ (歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johns"
    title: "Michael Johns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johns_(singer)"
    title: "Michael Johns (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johns"
    title: "Michael Johns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johns_(%C5%9Fark%C4%B1c%C4%B1)"
    title: "Michael Johns (şarkıcı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/91b9a119-bfc2-4706-b870-d5f97f1cb244"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3623649"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2976449"
    title: "Michael Johns"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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