# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-stipe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:34:24.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-stipe"
name: "Michael Stipe"
slug: "michael-stipe"
description: "John Michael Stipe is an American singer, songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the alternative rock band R.E.M."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Stipe_by_David_Shankbone.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: "1960-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.971516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/michaelstipe/"
    handle:    "michaelstipe"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005468/"
    handle:    "nm0005468"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "2G1Lyk7bWbBBrtwyl3obNB"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://michaelstipe.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BF"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مايكل ستيب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکل استایپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Майкъл Стайп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μάικλ Στάιπ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکل استایپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מייקל סטייפ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%84%D5%AC_%D5%8D%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%BA"
    title: "Մայքլ Ստայպ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    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%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%97"
    title: "マイケル・スタイプ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "마이클 스타이프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Michael Stipe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"

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