# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/special-d
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:16:36.162Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/special-d"
name: "Special D."
slug: "special-d"
description: "Dennis Horstmann, known as Special D., is a German DJ and dance musician who was particularly popular in the Netherlands, where he won the Best Dance International award at the 2004 TMF NL awards. He was also popular among the Eurodance scene in North America. The \"D\" in Special D comes from the DJ's first name, Dennis."
tagline: "German musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Special_d.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1980-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.75
  momentum:             9.00745573159366
  historical:           9.239456
  currentAttention:     11.88
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/specialdofficial"
    handle:    "specialdofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1687810/"
    handle:    "nm1687810"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.myspace.com/specialdrocks"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/95325"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_D."
    title: "Special D."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7051cfa2-0d1a-4d03-8e5f-9557cd2e42b4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_D."
    title: "Special D."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_D."
    title: "Special D."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_D."
    title: "Special D."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_D."
    title: "Special D."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_D"
    title: "Special D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_D"
    title: "Special D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_D."
    title: "Special D."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66054"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1196699"
    title: "Conrad Efraim"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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