# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sami-wolking
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:55:32.312Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sami-wolking"
name: "Sami Wolking"
slug: "sami-wolking"
description: "Lordi is a Finnish rock band from Rovaniemi. The band was formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker Mr Lordi, and are known for wearing monster masks and using horror elements with pyrotechnics during concerts and music videos. The band rose to fame in 2002 with their hit single \"Would You Love a Monsterman?\", and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with their song \"Hard Rock Hallelujah\"."
tagline: "Finnish bass guitarist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Lordi_Metal_Frenzy_2025_10.jpg/330px-Lordi_Metal_Frenzy_2025_10.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973-08-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.07566666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/magnumofficial"
    handle:    "magnumofficial"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nakedidol.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سامى ولكينج"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sami Wolking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Wolking"
    title: "Sami Wolking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_(muusikko)"
    title: "Magnum (muusikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_(musicien)"
    title: "Magnum (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Wolking"
    title: "Sami Wolking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Wolking"
    title: "Sami Wolking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Wolking"
    title: "Sami Wolking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Wolking"
    title: "Sami Wolking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8"
    title: "Волькинг, Сами"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sami Wolking"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump