# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russell-mael
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:59:06.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russell-mael"
name: "Russell Mael"
slug: "russell-mael"
description: "Russell Craig Mael is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist for the pop and rock duo Sparks, which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother Ron Mael. Mael is known for his wide vocal range, in particular his far-reaching falsetto. He has a flamboyant and hyperactive stage presence which contrasts sharply with Ron Mael's impassive demeanour. The duo released an album with Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand, as the supergroup FFS, titled FFS, released in 2015. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records."
tagline: "American musician and co-founder of the band Sparks"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Russ_Mael_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-10-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.58
  momentum:             13.04621392926882
  historical:           10.29331866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535392/"
    handle:    "nm0535392"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.allsparks.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "روسيل مايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "راسل میل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Mael"
    title: "Russell Mael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Mael"
    title: "Russell Mael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "راسل میل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Mael"
    title: "Russell Mael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Mael"
    title: "Russell Mael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Mael"
    title: "Russell Mael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Мэйл, Рассел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/200f3ed8-1ce7-48a1-bba7-f06651351c45"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2081623"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/961004"
    title: "Russell Mael"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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