# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/serj-tankian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:04:57.693Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/serj-tankian"
name: "Serj Tankian"
slug: "serj-tankian"
description: "Serj Tankian is an Armenian-American musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the heavy metal band System of a Down, which was formed in 1994."
tagline: "Armenian-American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Serj_Tankian_in_Artsakh_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-08-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1476151620799644
  historical:           27.24736
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  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 815000
platforms:
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    handle:    "serjtankian"
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    handle:    "SerjTankian"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Serj Tankian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سرژ تانکیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Serj Tankian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Serj Tankian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Serj Tankian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Serj Tankian"
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    title: "Serj Tankian"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump