# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wim-mertens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:48:56.189Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wim-mertens"
name: "Wim Mertens"
slug: "wim-mertens"
description: "Wim Mertens is a Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist."
tagline: "Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WimMertens1990.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.82
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  historical:           19.55454266666667
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  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 46100
platforms:
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    handle:    "WimMertensOfficial"
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    handle:    "wimmertensofficial"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "X"
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    handle:    "WimMertensBE"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump