# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sami-yusuf
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:00:52.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sami-yusuf"
name: "Sami Yusuf"
slug: "sami-yusuf"
description: "Sami Yusuf is a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer of Azerbaijani descent. He gained international attention with the release of his debut album, Al-Muʽallim, in 2003. As of 2020, he has released eight studio albums, five live albums and one compilation album. His studio albums were mostly released by Andante Records, with the first two being released by Awakening Records. He has sold over 34 million albums as of 2016."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sami_Yusuf_2011_(cropped2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1980-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           79.4
  momentum:             15.93788001621403
  historical:           23.11046533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  120
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3940000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/samiyusuf"
    handle:    "samiyusuf"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/samiyusuf/"
    handle:    "samiyusuf"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/SamiYusuf"
    handle:    "SamiYusuf"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7108323/"
    handle:    "nm7108323"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GnedB795OhbMbojdC3bzj"
    handle:    "Sami Yusuf"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://samiyusuf.art/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMBNjDVgy1lc_FyePVg60_Q"
    handle:    "@samiyusuf"
    followers: 3940000
sources:
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    title: "Sami Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81"
    title: "سامي يوسف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81"
    title: "سامى يوسف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سامی یوسف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sami Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "সামি ইউসুফ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sami Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сами Юсуф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سامی یووسف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sami Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yusuf"
    title: "Sami Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sami Yusuf"
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    title: "Sami Yusuf"
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    title: "سامی یوسف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yusuf"
    title: "Sami Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yusuf"
    title: "Sami Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%AB_%D5%85%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%86"
    title: "Սամի Յուսուֆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yusuf"
    title: "Sami Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yusuf"
    title: "Sami Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%83%95"
    title: "サミ・ユスフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yusuf"
    title: "Sami Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EB%AF%B8_%EC%9C%A0%EC%88%98%ED%94%84"
    title: "사미 유수프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%C3%AE_Yusuf"
    title: "Samî Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1180756"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ff084186-8c03-4a84-bdea-039a79b1b2fe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558226"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5243776"
    title: "Sami Yusuf"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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