# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/riki-sorsa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:21:21.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/riki-sorsa"
name: "Riki Sorsa"
slug: "riki-sorsa"
description: "Esko Richard \"Riki\" Sorsa was a Finnish pop singer. He started his career in 1974 as the lead singer in the band The Zoo. He represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the entry \"Reggae OK\", a reggae influenced song in Finnish which came 16th. The song was composed by Jim Pembroke, the lyrics were written by Olli Ojala, and it was conducted by Otto Donner. Sorsa released several albums, singing in Finnish, Swedish, and English. Sorsa died of cancer on 10 May 2016."
tagline: "Finnish singer (1952–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Riki_Sorsa-71.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-12-26"
deathDate: "2016-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.67872666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RikiSorsaOfficial"
    handle:    "RikiSorsaOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0815223/"
    handle:    "nm0815223"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7MehfccyIPpVgcWmXA2gRD"
    handle:    "7MehfccyIPpVgcWmXA2gRD"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rikisorsa.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "ریکی سورسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Сорса, Рики"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki_Sorsa"
    title: "Riki Sorsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9b8b9a7a-57ee-418f-a924-2b4091300983"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1889743"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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