# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-maffay
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:11:01.159Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-maffay"
name: "Peter Maffay"
slug: "peter-maffay"
description: "Peter Alexander Makkay, known as Peter Maffay, is a Romanian-born German musician, singer, and composer. Being a veteran musician, he is often credited for motivating audiences with his emotional lyrics and powerful melodies, establishing himself as a cornerstone of the German music scene."
tagline: "German singer and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2019_Sternstunden-Gala_-_Peter_Maffay_-_by_2eight_-_ZSC6471_(cropped).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: "1949-08-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           76.55
  momentum:             17.71184631803629
  historical:           17.915184
  currentAttention:     81.81818181818181
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  63
  category: null
totalFollowers: 168000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.maffay.de/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/maffay.de/"
    handle:    "maffay.de"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@maffay.de"
    handle:    "maffay.de"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/peter_maffay"
    handle:    "peter_maffay"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Maffay.de"
    handle:    "Maffay.de"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535535/"
    handle:    "nm0535535"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5W3s4beu23rOlseCbVOp4l"
    handle:    "5W3s4beu23rOlseCbVOp4l"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyz7nnJbBiDjRiVNVOalBDw"
    handle:    "@petermaffayoffiziell"
    followers: 168000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/312337"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "پيتير مافاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8E%98%ED%84%B0_%EB%A7%88%ED%8C%8C%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "페터 마파이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maffay"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b4ce8f8f-72f9-48f0-92be-606095d4b6e0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q531287"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22191"
    title: "Peter Maffay"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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