# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-hurricane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:01:26.244Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-hurricane"
name: "Al Hurricane"
slug: "al-hurricane"
description: "Alberto Nelson Sanchez, known professionally as Al Hurricane, was an American singer-songwriter, dubbed \"The Godfather\" of New Mexico music. He released more than thirty albums, and is best known for his contributions to New Mexico's unique style of Spanish music."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al_Hurricane.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-07-10"
deathDate: "2017-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.821281333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://alhurricane.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1297836"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "ال هوريكانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hurricane"
    title: "Al Hurricane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アル・ハリケーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hurricane"
    title: "Al Hurricane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Al_Hurricane"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2067a6dc-8d24-4cca-88b5-12bab802b715"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16840946"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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