# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-jelen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:20:05.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-jelen"
name: "Ben Jelen"
slug: "ben-jelen"
description: "Benjamin Ivan Jelen is a Scottish-born American former singer-songwriter who plays the piano, violin, and guitar. He has lived in Scotland, England, Texas, New Jersey and New York. His career has been characterized by near-stardom, with his debut album, Give It All Away peaking at No. 113 on the Billboard 200 list. As of 2011, he is on indefinite hiatus from his solo career and is working with a new band, along with former Deuce Project member Josh McMillan known as Under The Elephant."
tagline: "Singer, songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Jelen.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1979-07-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.614544
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1596073/"
    handle:    "nm1596073"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.benjelen.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/923198"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بين چيلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jelen"
    title: "Ben Jelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jelen"
    title: "Ben Jelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jelen"
    title: "Ben Jelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jelen"
    title: "Ben Jelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a04f1b7d-0d1a-4452-a4bf-51bde109dd58"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816524"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223972"
    title: "Ben Jelen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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