# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-young
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:17:41.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-young"
name: "Will Young"
slug: "will-young"
description: "William Robert Young is an English singer, songwriter and actor. He came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the worldwide Idol franchise. His double A-sided debut single \"Anything Is Possible\" / \"Evergreen\" was released two weeks after the show's finale and became the fastest-selling debut single in the UK. Young also came in fifth place in World Idol performing the single \"Light My Fire\" written by the band the Doors."
tagline: "British singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Will_Young_-_Glastonbury_2008.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: "1979-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           72.19
  momentum:             1.50177200236267
  historical:           23.09414133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 86800
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.willyoung.co.uk"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/willyoungofficial/"
    handle:    "willyoungofficial"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@willyoungofficial"
    handle:    "willyoungofficial"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/willyoung"
    handle:    "willyoung"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/willyoung"
    handle:    "willyoung"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1094099/"
    handle:    "nm1094099"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2U6gqwyl9F33YxawnFrZG7"
    handle:    "2U6gqwyl9F33YxawnFrZG7"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVyLWAJvm8kb7sgpTxyK_eA"
    handle:    "@willyoungofficial"
    followers: 86800
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ويل يونغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ויל יאנג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ウィル・ヤング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "윌 영"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Young"
    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Young"
    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Young"
    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Young"
    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Янг, Уилл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66700"
    title: "Will Young"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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