# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rico-j-puno
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:56:04.373Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rico-j-puno"
name: "Rico J. Puno"
slug: "rico-j-puno"
description: "Enrico de Jesus Puno, better known as Rico J. Puno, was a Filipino singer, television host, actor, comedian and politician. He was considered as a music icon in the Philippines. He started the trend of incorporating Tagalog lyrics in his rendition of the American song \"The Way We Were\" and other foreign songs. Puno was known as a singer who regularly infused his on-stage performance with tongue-in-cheek comedy and adult humor. He hosted the ABS-CBN noontime variety shows Pilipinas Win na Win and Happy Yipee Yehey!."
tagline: "Philippine singer (1953–2018)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Rico_J_Puno_2019_stamp_of_the_Philippines.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953-02-13"
deathDate: "2018-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.47
  momentum:             2.039187227866473
  historical:           7.126390666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1371784/"
    handle:    "nm1371784"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/77hvqYqKgIrS1SC0BhRdQx"
    handle:    "77hvqYqKgIrS1SC0BhRdQx"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.ricojpuno.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "ريكو جيه. پونو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_J._Puno"
    title: "Rico J. Puno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_J._Puno"
    title: "Rico J. Puno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_J._Puno"
    title: "Rico J. Puno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_J._Puno"
    title: "Rico J. Puno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_J._Puno"
    title: "Rico J. Puno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/04b6b627-a43b-42c4-8c07-a7cf222d4022"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543976"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1193519"
    title: "Rico J. Puno"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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