# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raf
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:41:58.093Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raf"
name: "Raf"
slug: "raf"
description: "Raffaele Riefoli, known as simply Raf, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He first became known in the early 1980s as a singer of Italo disco and as original singer and co-author of the hit \"Self Control\". He has turned to Italian-language music since the late 1980s and had further hits in his home country."
tagline: "Italian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raffaele_Riefoli.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-09-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.81
  momentum:             15
  historical:           19.30500266666667
  currentAttention:     10.96
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  230
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rafriefoli"
    handle:    "rafriefoli"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/rafriefoli/"
    handle:    "rafriefoli"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ilsuonoce"
    handle:    "ilsuonoce"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1488079/"
    handle:    "nm1488079"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3rlKqNmhaP9UiC0wFQyFS3"
    handle:    "3rlKqNmhaP9UiC0wFQyFS3"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.raf.it/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/599002"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "راف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "راف (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf"
    title: "Raf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Raf (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf_(singer)"
    title: "Raf (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffaele_Riefoli"
    title: "Raffaele Riefoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf_(laulja)"
    title: "Raf (laulja)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "راف (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf_(chanteur)"
    title: "Raf (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf"
    title: "Raf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%A1%D6%86_(%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%AB_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B9)"
    title: "Ռաֆ (իտալացի երգիչ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf"
    title: "Raf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf_(zanger)"
    title: "Raf (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf"
    title: "Raf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf"
    title: "Raf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf_(cantor)"
    title: "Raf (cantor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf_(c%C3%A2nt%C4%83re%C8%9B)"
    title: "Raf (cântăreț)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf_(s%C3%A5ngare)"
    title: "Raf (sångare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffaele_Riefoli"
    title: "Raffaele Riefoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf"
    title: "Raf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Raf"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/12f0c921-2318-4abd-9802-5fe1bdf41679"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q733379"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/590165"
    title: "Raf Mattioli"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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