# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/armen-chakmakian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:56:35.333Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/armen-chakmakian"
name: "Armen Chakmakian"
slug: "armen-chakmakian"
description: "Armen John Chakmakian is an American musician, composer, recording artist, and producer. Formerly the keyboardist for the GRAMMY® award-winning band Shadowfax, their 1992 CD, Esperanto was nominated for a Best New Age Album GRAMMY® Award. He has released two solo albums on his label TruArt Records: Ceremonies (1998); Caravans (2004). Two tracks from Ceremonies, \"Gypsy Rain\" and \"Distant Lands\", also appear on the famed \"Buddha Bar\" and \"Buddha Bar IV\" compilation albums, respectively."
tagline: "Armenian-American composer and producer (b. 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Armen_Chakmakian_Head_Shot_2012.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: "1966-02-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.21
  momentum:             0.6866952789699572
  historical:           6.608964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/armenchakmakian/"
    handle:    "armenchakmakian"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2798179/"
    handle:    "nm2798179"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://armen.tv"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/27854"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ارمين تشاكماكيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armen_Chakmakian"
    title: "Armen Chakmakian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86_%DA%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آرمن چاکماکیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D5%89%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Արմեն Չաքմաքյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armen_Chakmakian"
    title: "Armen Chakmakian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/db909826-9a2a-4a74-9a91-76531054b19f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1145186"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5905546"
    title: "Armen Chakmakian"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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