# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-goldwasser
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:28:38.767Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-goldwasser"
name: "Benjamin Goldwasser"
slug: "benjamin-goldwasser"
description: "Benjamin Nicholas Hunter Goldwasser is an American songwriter and musician who is the keyboardist, backup vocalist, and co-founder of the rock band MGMT. In 2009, his song \"Electric Feel\", remixed by Justice, won a Grammy Award in the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical category. In 2010, his band was nominated for a Grammy as Best New Artist and Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Goldwasser_from_MGMT.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: "1982-12-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.87
  momentum:             6.941410129096326
  historical:           9.336852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2953284/"
    handle:    "nm2953284"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4rd1hhdZDkn4AW8QgqVPdK"
    handle:    "4rd1hhdZDkn4AW8QgqVPdK"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بينچامين جولدواسير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benjamin Goldwasser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Goldwasser"
    title: "Benjamin Goldwasser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Goldwasser"
    title: "Benjamin Goldwasser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Goldwasser"
    title: "Ben Goldwasser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Goldwasser"
    title: "Ben Goldwasser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Goldwasser"
    title: "Benjamin Goldwasser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Goldwasser"
    title: "Ben Goldwasser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2895453"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2989977"
    title: "Ben Goldwasser"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump