# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michelle-courtens
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:26:10.587Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michelle-courtens"
name: "Michelle Courtens"
slug: "michelle-courtens"
description: "Michelle Courtens, known professionally as Michelle, is a Dutch singer and cellist. She is best known for representing the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001."
tagline: "Dutch singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michelle_courtens-1497889015.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1981-08-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.88117466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michellecourtens.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ميشيل كورتنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ميشيل كورتنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%87_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "میشله کورتنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%87_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "میشله کورتنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Courtens"
    title: "Michelle Courtens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7567575a-12dc-417b-a0a4-b3b9842d43f1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459444"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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