# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/usko-merilainen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:19:52.360Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/usko-merilainen"
name: "Usko Meriläinen"
slug: "usko-merilainen"
description: "Usko Aatos Meriläinen was a Finnish composer. He was born in Tampere."
tagline: "Finnish composer (1930–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Usko-Merilainen-1960s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-01-27"
deathDate: "2004-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.44
  momentum:             14.49019607843137
  historical:           9.003924
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580778/"
    handle:    "nm0580778"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/13sAVKFzD8MJfNdeMAeFxU"
    handle:    "13sAVKFzD8MJfNdeMAeFxU"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdYSLfIusMvMXF3DP9h7VlQ"
    handle:    "Usko Meriläinen - Topic"
    followers: 3
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/343704"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "اسكو ميريلاينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usko_Meril%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Usko Meriläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usko_Meril%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Usko Meriläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usko_Meril%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Usko Meriläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usko_Meril%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Usko Meriläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usko_Meril%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Usko Meriläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Мериляйнен, Уско"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usko_Meril%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Usko Meriläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/21860246-00ef-42bc-9e70-5a93ad9169f0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321826"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3099256"
    title: "Usko Meriläinen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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