# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-mills
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:19:16.646Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-mills"
name: "Mike Mills"
slug: "mike-mills"
description: "Michael Edward Mills is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M. Though known primarily as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of R.E.M., his musical repertoire also includes keyboards and occasional lead vocals. He contributed to a majority of the band's musical compositions and is the only member to have had formal musical training."
tagline: "American musician; multi-instrumentalist for American alternative rock band R.E.M."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MikeMills.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-12-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.32087866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/m_millsey"
    handle:    "m_millsey"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590121/"
    handle:    "nm0590121"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مايك ميلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايك ميلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایک میل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills"
    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills_(Musiker)"
    title: "Mike Mills (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills"
    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills"
    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایک میلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills"
    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מייק מילס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills_(zen%C3%A9sz)"
    title: "Mike Mills (zenész)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%84_%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%A6"
    title: "Մայք Միլզ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills"
    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA"
    title: "マイク・ミルズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "마이크 밀스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills"
    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills_(muzyk)"
    title: "Mike Mills (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills"
    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills"
    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B7%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Миллз, Майк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills"
    title: "Mike Mills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/525d2a4a-3d81-4d96-9581-3442feed3d2e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364864"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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