# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yngwie-malmsteen
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:18:58.298Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yngwie-malmsteen"
name: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
slug: "yngwie-malmsteen"
description: "Yngwie Johan Malmsteen is a Swedish-American guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years."
tagline: "Swedish guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yngwie_Malmsteen_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963-06-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           71.59
  momentum:             0.03548449990251511
  historical:           25.452992
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  53
  category: null
totalFollowers: 25900
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.yngwiemalmsteen.net"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/yngwiemalmsteen_official/"
    handle:    "yngwiemalmsteen_official"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@yngwiemalmsteen_official"
    handle:    "yngwiemalmsteen_official"
  - platform:  "X"
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    handle:    "MalmsteenMGMT"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/15331653478"
    handle:    "15331653478"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1315118/"
    handle:    "nm1315118"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5DpSoH5zCXNRqYai7pmcGG"
    handle:    "5DpSoH5zCXNRqYai7pmcGG"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9332qhwhlDjeAUAEltLGew"
    handle:    "@yngwiemalmsteen1109"
    followers: 25900
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "يانجوى مالمستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie J. Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie J. Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ίνγκβεϊ Μάλμστην"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie J. Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen"
    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen"
    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اینگوی مالمستین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "אינגווי מלמסטין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yngwie J. Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen"
    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen"
    title: "Yngwie Malmsteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "イングヴェイ・マルムスティーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8fa5d80d-37e8-4133-9d5c-6bad446c63f0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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