# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-bottrell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:57:38.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-bottrell"
name: "Bill Bottrell"
slug: "bill-bottrell"
description: "William Allen Bottrell is an American record producer and songwriter, perhaps best known for his production and uncredited guest appearance on Michael Jackson's 1991 single \"Black or White\", which topped the Billboard Hot 100. A Grammy Award recipient and six-time nominee, he has also produced for musical acts such as Madonna, Tom Petty, Electric Light Orchestra, Sheryl Crow, Elton John, and Five for Fighting, among others."
tagline: "American record producer and songwriter"
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: "1952-10-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.05361466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/bill_bottrell"
    handle:    "bill_bottrell"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/bill.bottrell"
    handle:    "bill.bottrell"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1384186/"
    handle:    "nm1384186"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.billbottrell.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bottrell"
    title: "Bill Bottrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bottrell"
    title: "Bill Bottrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bottrell"
    title: "Bill Bottrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9C"
    title: "ביל בוטרל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bottrell"
    title: "Bill Bottrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bottrell"
    title: "Bill Bottrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bottrell"
    title: "Bill Bottrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Боттрелл, Билл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bottrell"
    title: "Bill Bottrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bottrell"
    title: "Bill Bottrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4475c6a5-00af-4b4d-90aa-25d460b7ae48"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2253911"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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