# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-branch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:09:26.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-branch"
name: "Billy Branch"
slug: "billy-branch"
description: "William Earl Branch is an American blues harmonica player of Chicago blues. He is a three-time Grammy nominee, a retired two-term governor of the Chicago Grammy Chapter, an Emmy Award winner, and a winner of the Addy Award. In addition, he has received numerous humanitarian and music awards."
tagline: "American harmonica player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Branch_(blues_musician)_2.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: "1951-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.73
  momentum:             50
  historical:           10.31933466666667
  currentAttention:     41.04
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104350/"
    handle:    "nm0104350"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://home.comcast.net/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/438085"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "بيلي برانش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "بيلى برانش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Branch"
    title: "Billy Branch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Branch"
    title: "Billy Branch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Branch"
    title: "Billy Branch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Branch"
    title: "Billy Branch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81"
    title: "ビリー・ブランチ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Branch"
    title: "Billy Branch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Бранч, Билли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c062b0c2-2b29-4550-b1c5-a427f784527c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q247909"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1794622"
    title: "Billy Branch"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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