# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicu-covaci
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:06:54.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicu-covaci"
name: "Nicu Covaci"
slug: "nicu-covaci"
description: "Nicolae \"Nicu\" Covaci was a Romanian guitarist, painter, and music composer. He is best known as the leader and founding member of rock and cult band Phoenix, for which he was the lead vocalist and guitar player, with more than 60 years of activity."
tagline: "Romanian rock musician, leader of Phoenix (1947–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicolae_Covaci.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1947-04-19"
deathDate: "2024-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.751441333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 13900
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/nicucovaciphoenix"
    handle:    "nicucovaciphoenix"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2299813/"
    handle:    "nm2299813"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2qedhsplzGo4iMtvt4VZlY"
    handle:    "2qedhsplzGo4iMtvt4VZlY"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.formatiaphoenix.ro/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQft5dWWe_dQkO2RAw6O1Zw"
    handle:    "@formatiaphoenix"
    followers: 13900
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/731618"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "نيكو كوڤاسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Covaci"
    title: "Nicolae Covaci"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicu_Covaci"
    title: "Nicu Covaci"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Covaci"
    title: "Nicolae Covaci"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicu_Covaci"
    title: "Nicu Covaci"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/efbd8f37-1cd0-4307-bab2-8f3d144492b1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3876409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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