# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-wagener
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:23:47.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-wagener"
name: "Michael Wagener"
slug: "michael-wagener"
description: "Michael Wagener is a German retired record producer, mixer and engineer from Hamburg, best known for his work with many popular American hard rock and heavy metal bands in the late 1980s. He is particularly renowned for his multi-amping and re-amping techniques. Wagener's works have sold over 90 million albums worldwide."
tagline: "German record producer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.34302266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1858406/"
    handle:    "nm1858406"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaelwagener.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/178332"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wagener"
    title: "Michael Wagener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "مايكل واجينير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wagener"
    title: "Michael Wagener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wagener"
    title: "Michael Wagener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wagener"
    title: "Michael Wagener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wagener"
    title: "Michael Wagener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wagener"
    title: "Michael Wagener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wagener"
    title: "Michael Wagener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wagener"
    title: "Michael Wagener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wagener"
    title: "Michael Wagener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Вагенер, Михаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wagener"
    title: "Michael Wagener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wagener"
    title: "Michael Wagener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b6340325-9453-4c69-94a1-fcb7f639cd8f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q694042"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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