# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rauli-somerjoki
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:58:04.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rauli-somerjoki"
name: "Rauli Somerjoki"
slug: "rauli-somerjoki"
description: "Rauli Somerjoki, known professionally as \"Badding\", was a Finnish rock singer born in the town of Somero into a family of five children. His records were published on such labels as Love Records."
tagline: "Finnish singer, composer and lyricist (1947–1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Badding1984.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1947-08-30"
deathDate: "1987-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.86
  momentum:             7.333333333333331
  historical:           8.356553333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045978/"
    handle:    "nm0045978"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/369747"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "راولى سوميرچوكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauli_Somerjoki"
    title: "Rauli Somerjoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauli_Somerjoki"
    title: "Rauli Somerjoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauli_Badding_Somerjoki"
    title: "Rauli Badding Somerjoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "رائولی سومریوکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauli_Badding_Somerjoki"
    title: "Rauli Badding Somerjoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauli_Somerjoki"
    title: "Rauli Somerjoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauli_Somerjoki"
    title: "Rauli Somerjoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2b82ac4a-0264-4cf3-98d7-61e5bc941f28"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704835"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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