# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/a-c-newman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:43:58.725Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/a-c-newman"
name: "A. C. Newman"
slug: "a-c-newman"
description: "Allan Carl Newman is a Canadian musician and singer-songwriter. He was a member of the indie rock bands Superconductor and Zumpano in the 1990s. Following the breakup of those bands, he reemerged as the leader of the New Pornographers in 2000, a band who have enjoyed both commercial and critical success."
tagline: "Canadian musician and singer–songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CarlNewman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1968-04-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.709146666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ACNewman"
    handle:    "ACNewman"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/acnewmanmusic"
    handle:    "acnewmanmusic"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0QldGXwclr0chJkP91RRWX"
    handle:    "0QldGXwclr0chJkP91RRWX"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.acnewman.net/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/525685"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3._%D8%B3%D9%8A._%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "أ. سي. نيومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7._%D8%B3%D9%89._%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ا. سى. نيومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._C._Newman"
    title: "A. C. Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._C._Newman"
    title: "A. C. Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Newman"
    title: "Carl Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Newman"
    title: "Carl Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._C._Newman"
    title: "A. C. Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bb40af12-0dfd-4a53-bfe1-666a9e49dfb2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94485"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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