# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:41:41.923Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-adams"
name: "Ray Adams"
slug: "ray-adams"
description: "Ragnar Asbjørnsen, who recorded under the name Ray Adams, was a Norwegian singer. He had a number of hit songs in Norway and other European countries, starting with \"Violetta\" in 1961, which sold 300,000 copies in Europe. Other hit songs included \"De tusen sjöars land\", \"Jag har bott vid en landsväg\" and \"Delilah\"."
tagline: "Norwegian singer (1931–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_Adams-1963.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1931-03-22"
deathDate: "2003-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.01
  momentum:             15.93167701863354
  historical:           7.473002666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011283/"
    handle:    "nm0011283"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/478571"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "راي آدامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "راى ادمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Adams_(singer)"
    title: "Ray Adams (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Adams"
    title: "Ray Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Adams"
    title: "Ray Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Adams"
    title: "Ray Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f21d8198-e8a9-4337-b61b-099e3812e131"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3362275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5292882"
    title: "Ray Adams"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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