# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vanvelzen
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:51:19.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vanvelzen"
name: "VanVelzen"
slug: "vanvelzen"
description: "Roel van Velzen, better known as VanVelzen, is a Dutch singer-songwriter. Besides being known for his short stature, he and his band enjoy a huge live reputation; they have played at virtually every festival in the Netherlands, shared the stage with Queen's Brian May, and supported Kelly Clarkson, Bon Jovi and German band Reamonn. He also had an international airplay hit when DJ Armin van Buuren remixed VanVelzen's song \"Broken Tonight\"."
tagline: "Dutch singer, songwriter and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Van_Velzen_-_Amsterdam_-_Paradiso_0740b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1978-03-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.98852133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/vanvelzenmusic"
    handle:    "vanvelzenmusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/vanvelzenmusic"
    handle:    "vanvelzenmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2537800/"
    handle:    "nm2537800"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.vanvelzenmusic.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/702319"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%86"
    title: "فانفيلزن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VanVelzen"
    title: "VanVelzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VanVelzen"
    title: "VanVelzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Velzen"
    title: "Van Velzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/VanVelzen"
    title: "VanVelzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/VanVelzen"
    title: "VanVelzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/VanVelzen"
    title: "VanVelzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roel_van_Velzen"
    title: "Roel van Velzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Velzen"
    title: "Van Velzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/VanVelzen"
    title: "VanVelzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a7fdd90a-38be-4b48-8bc9-1b1321434b60"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1743954"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1254192"
    title: "Roel van Velzen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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