# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-poulsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:14:16.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-poulsen"
name: "Michael Poulsen"
slug: "michael-poulsen"
description: "Michael Schøn Poulsen is a Danish musician. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter of the rock band Volbeat. Prior to Volbeat, he was the vocalist for the death metal band Dominus."
tagline: "Danish singer and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2016_RiP_Volbeat_-_Michael_Schon_Poulsen_-_by_2eight_-_DSC8038.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.62
  momentum:             10.5654281098546
  historical:           13.51316933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميخائيل بولسين (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل بولسين (عازف جيتار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Poulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Poulsen"
    title: "Michael Poulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Poulsen"
    title: "Michael Poulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Poulsen"
    title: "Michael Poulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Poulsen"
    title: "Michael Poulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Poulsen"
    title: "Michael Poulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Poulsen"
    title: "Michael Poulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Poulsen"
    title: "Michael Poulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Poulsen"
    title: "Michael Poulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Поулсен, Микаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Poulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Poulsen"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1f7f5020-38ae-4e74-bd05-efb876246924"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump