# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rui-veloso
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:19:10.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rui-veloso"
name: "Rui Veloso"
slug: "rui-veloso"
description: "Rui Manuel Gaudêncio Veloso is a Portuguese singer-songwriter and musician. Commonly called \"The father of Portuguese rock\", Veloso was a major figure in the boom of Portuguese rock music in the 1980s. His 1980 debut album Ar de Rock, which includes the hit single \"Chico Fininho\", is considered a landmark of Portuguese rock. During the 1980s and 1990s, Veloso released numerous other successful singles and albums in Portugal."
tagline: "Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rui_Veloso.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-07-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.04
  momentum:             15
  historical:           15.868184
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892692/"
    handle:    "nm0892692"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ruiveloso.com.pt/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/661010"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A_%DA%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "روي ڨيلوزو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89_%DA%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "روى ڨيلوزو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "روی ولوسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Veloso"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B7%D1%83%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B9"
    title: "Велозу, Руй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B2%81%E4%BC%8A%C2%B7%E7%BB%B4%E6%B4%9B%E7%B4%A2"
    title: "鲁伊·维洛索"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/758416ad-4871-472a-ab82-fd6e1b7b6c67"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394035"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1203053"
    title: "Rui Veloso"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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