# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-khan
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:12:28.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-khan"
name: "Roy Khan"
slug: "roy-khan"
description: "Roy Sætre Khantatat, commonly known as Roy Khan, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer for the progressive metal band Conception and the former lead vocalist for the American power metal band Kamelot from 1997 until his departure in 2011. He co-wrote most of Kamelot's songs with the band's guitarist and founder Thomas Youngblood during his tenure. Khan had retired from music in 2011 until 2018, when he released a new solo song on YouTube and announced the return of Conception."
tagline: "Norwegian musician (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roy_Khan.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: "1970-03-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.54879333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/roykhanlegacy/"
    handle:    "roykhanlegacy"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Roy-Khan-18744263766"
    handle:    "Roy-Khan-18744263766"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5609214/"
    handle:    "nm5609214"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "4hEwWtHVjJSCHpsimklGoe"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://roykhanofficial.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "روي خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рой Кан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Khan"
    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Khan"
    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روی کان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Khan"
    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Khan"
    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ロイ・カーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "როი ხანი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Khan"
    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Khan"
    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Khan"
    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Khan"
    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рой Хан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1798526"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/118524"
    title: "Roy Khan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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